| 45 Famous Quotes by Muhammad Ali
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“I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”
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“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.”
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“It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”
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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 say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.”
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“I'm a baaaadd man!!”
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“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
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“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are.”
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“Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.”
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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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“I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”
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“God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is.”
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“Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.”
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“I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.”
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“Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.”
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“It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”
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“My toughest fight was with my first wife.”
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“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
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“Don't count the days, make the days count.”
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“There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.”
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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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“The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.”
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“Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.”
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“Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.']”
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“I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game].”
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Muhammad Ali Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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