Muhammad Ali Quotes
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I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge, we cannot let this man go to Japan and fight, because they are anti-American.Now, if I want to leave the country, I know how to leave. Tomorrow. Quick. Easy. If I really want to leave. That's not the intention. The intention is to stop me from makin' a livin'. To punish me.
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Do not be ashamed to give a little; for to deceive is to give still less.
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True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.
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Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.
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I shook up the world.
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God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.
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I'm the fastest thing on two feet.
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I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless it's a holy war declared by God himself.
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No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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This relationship will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will understand my beliefs and my purpose.
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Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.
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Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to.
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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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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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I'm not going to be that kind of a fighter. I'm going to dance and be pretty. I'm just going to win on points.And if I hurt my man I'm going to let him go and I'm not going to kill him just because somebody's watching.
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What you are thinking is what you are becoming.
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If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.
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I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.
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I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put them on the spot. I sat down and asked for a meal. The Olympic champion wearing his gold medal. They said, "We don't serve niggers here." I said, "That's okay, I don't eat 'em." But they put me out in the street. So I went down to the river, the Ohio River, and threw my gold medal in it.
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Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.
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I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.
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You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.