Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Frazier's got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town.
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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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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of prejudice, outrun the people who surrender to failure, and outrun the opponent who loses sight of the goal. Because if you want to win, the will can never retire, the race can never stop, and faith can never weaken.
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Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.
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Scatter abroad what you have already amassed rather than pile up new wealth.
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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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The world’s champ should be pretty like me!
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My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time.
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If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.
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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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I would like to say that I am not an apostle of the Muslim religion.
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Children make you want to start life over.
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People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.
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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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Not to commit faults counts for more than to do good.
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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
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I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.
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We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead black man, Malcolm X, when the whites are our common enemies.
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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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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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I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.