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Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.
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The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves.
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When my title was taken away boxing died.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.
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If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of his fight predictions turned out to be wrong.
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What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or restrained by racial and economic injustices, metal bars or the burden of hate and revenge.
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I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.
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That all you got, George?
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If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.
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I barely got out of school, I got out of school, mainly, because I was a champ, and I actually didn't pass. I won't name the teachers that put me through, but I want. If I was not a Muslim, or a follower of the Honorable Elijah Mohammed I couldn't talk to somebody for two minutes. I believe I can hold my own as an intelligent conversation, but it all come from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed.
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I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.
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If the white man ain't the devil, he's been aiming at the history of the Americans.
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Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but she always was white.And Miss World was always white, and Miss Universe was always white.And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake.I said, 'Momma, why is everything white?' I always wondered. And the President lived in the White House.
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I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
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You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.
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The will must be stronger than the skill.
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God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.
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Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night.
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Someone stole my bicycle and I said I was going to learn to fight so that I could catch him and beat him up. But I never did catch him. But I ended up the champ of the whole world.
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When you come to the fight Don't block the halls and don't block the door, for y'all may go home after round four.
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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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Black people in America will never be free so long as they're on the white man's land. We can't be free until we get our own land and our own country in North America. When we separate from America and take maybe ten states, then we'll be free.
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In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.
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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.