Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
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When I was 9, I saw a wrestler on television named Gorgeous George. He said, "I'm beautiful. I'm so pretty that if a sucker touches my face, I'll kill him. If he messes with my hair, I'll pummel him." I said to myself, "That's a good idea. I am the greatest, I'm pretty." And then I took it a little further than he did.
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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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It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.
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I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
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I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail.
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The man of least capacity is the one who shows himself incapable of self-correction.
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The only way for peace between the races is a separation of the races.
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The whites have always had the say in America. White people made Jesus white, angels white, the Last Supper white. If I threaten you, I'm blackmailing you. A black cat is bad luck. If you're put out of a club, you're blackballed. Angel's-food cake is white; devil's-food cake is black. Good guys in cowboy movies wear white hats. The bad guys always wore black hats.
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There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up.
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All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.
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It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical.
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At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
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I outwit them, and then I outhit them.
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What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. ... Islam is not a killer religion. ... Islam means peace, I couldn't just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem.
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I don't know what truculent means, but if it's good, it's me.
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God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.
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I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.
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They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.
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I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
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The world’s champ should be pretty like me!
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I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.
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I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived.