Muhammad Ali Quotes
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The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.
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True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.
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Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!
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I'd like to live to a hundred.
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No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way.
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I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.
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I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I'm Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest, I'm king of the world, I'm pretty, I'm pretty, I'm a baaaad man, you heard me I'm a baaad man, Archie Moore fell in four, Liston wanted me more, so since he's so great, I'm a make him fall in eight, I'm a baaad man, I'm king of the world! I'm 22 years old and ain't gotta mark on my face, I'm pretty, I easily survived six rounds with that ugly bear, because I am the greatest.
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Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.
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A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
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Who would have thought when they came to the fight? That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.
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You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.
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I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.
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Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.
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Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.
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Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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What you are thinking is what you are becoming.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
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I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.
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Being Ali's doctor is somewhat like being gynacologist to the Queen of England. One does not have to do much to receive good press.
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My health is in the hands of Allah, who has ways of testing us. Whatever happens, happens. I a'int the greatest - it's Allah. I gave myself a job. I work for God.
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My definition of evil is unfriendliness.
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Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth, their loved ones, and their health, So, what I'm doin' is for myself and for justice for black people, runnin' will kill it all, it'll make me a coward.
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A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.