Muhammad Ali Quotes
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We are stone enemies when the bell rings.
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I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.
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There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
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No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.
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If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world.
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You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.
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Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
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I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I have only two alternatives in taking this stand: either I go to jail or go to the Army. There is another alternative and that alternative is justice. If justice prevails, if my Constitutional rights are upheld, I will be forced to go neither to the Army nor jail. In the end I am confident that justice will come my way for the truth must eventually prevail.
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I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.
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Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.
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We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.
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We are not Black Muslims we are Muslims. You see, you have Catholics. You have Chinese Catholics, you have Indian Catholics, you have black Catholics and white Catholics. But I'm sure you don't ask a man are you a white Catholic? Are you a Chinese are you a yellow Catholic, a red Catholic, or a white Catholic? He's just a Catholic. We have black Muslims, we have brown Muslims, we have red Muslims, we have yellow Muslims, we have even white complected Muslims, so I'd like to clear that point, this is a press word, Black Muslims.
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I wasn't thinking of being the greatest. But I knew I had a chance.
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Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.
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When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.
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Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.
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I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.
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I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
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I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.
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The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.
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I understand that the worst people in England at a time were ran to America, for some reason.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.