Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Sonny Liston is great. But he'll fall in eight.
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There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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Scatter abroad what you have already amassed rather than pile up new wealth.
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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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You got black people in an all-white country and they don't know nothing about themselves.
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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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Children make you want to start life over.
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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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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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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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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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The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.
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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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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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There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.
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I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.
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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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Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
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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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A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em.
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Home is the place you can go when you're whipped.
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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 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.