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Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me.
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Get up and say Elijah Muhammad is wrong when he says white are the devil? They have to prove they are not the devil.
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He's too ugly to be the champ!
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Hell no / I ain't going to go / Clean out my cell / And take my tail / To jail / Without bail / Because it's better there eating / Watching television fed / Than in Vietnam with your white folks dead.
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I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
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Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
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Shut up, I know what I'm doing!
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You don't want no pie in the sky when you die, You want something here on the ground while you're still around.
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When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.
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I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if the engine blow up?' 'What if a fool's got a bomb on it?'
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I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white.
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The more we help others, the more we help ourselves.
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My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
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I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven.
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I'm so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.
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Catching flies is better training than hitting the speed bag.
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I'm a Muslim. I've been a Muslim for 20 years. . . . You know me. I'm a boxer. I've been called the greatest. People recognize me for being a boxer and a man of truth. I wouldn't be here representing Islam if it were terrorist. . . . I think all people should know the truth, come to recognize the truth. Islam is peace.
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Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. ... I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.
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That all you got, George?
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There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up.
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I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.
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Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.
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I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood.
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To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.