Muhammad Ali Quotes
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A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds.
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I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.
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I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
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I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!
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The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.
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I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.
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Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep up with the pace I'm gonna set except me. There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked.
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I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.
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A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.
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Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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I want to be the first black man on the moon.
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I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called him. I apologise for that. I'm sorry. It was all meant to promote the fight.
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Friendship is not something you can learn in college or some learning institution, no one knows how to become friends you just become but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship you haven't learned anything.
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Stumbling is the fruit of haste.
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You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't name a nation where they don't know me.
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.
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There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.
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I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history.
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Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
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Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.
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The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.