Muhammad Ali Quotes
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That computer was made in Alabama.
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Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
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Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.
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Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
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If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.
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A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em.
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Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions.
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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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There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.
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I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.
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I'm The Greatest, but only in relation to fighting.
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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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God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.
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They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.
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Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.
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If the culprits are Muslim, they have twisted the teachings of Islam. Whoever performed, or is behind, the terrorist attacks in the United States of America does not represent Islam. God is not behind assassins.
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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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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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If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.
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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.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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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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A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.