Muhammad Ali Quotes
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I'd like for them to say he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then, he mix willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well, then he spreads it over his span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.
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I hated the sight on TV of big, clumsy, lumbering heavyweights plodding, stalking each other like two Frankenstein monsters, clinging, slugging toe to toe. I knew I could do it better ... circle, dance, shuffle, hit and move ... make an art out of it.
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Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.
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The show was bad, but I was great.
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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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I'm so mean I make medicine sick!
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You can do what you want. But it's nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own.
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Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.
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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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There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.
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We are all God's people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn't see colors.
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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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The world badly needs more peaceful and loving men like Sri Chinmoy. I am a Muslim and he is serving all people of peace. Sri Chinmoy is doing so much for the world, for people of all faiths, because of his own peace and faith.
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Only the nose knows Where the nose goes When the door close.
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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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My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.
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I live. I travel. I eat. I pray. These are the things I do. I'd rather be in my condition than be a man with four children in a four-bedroom house, working hard every day to pay for his house, taking his children to school.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
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You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.
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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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If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.
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I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.