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Quotes by (about or minimally related to) Muhammad Ali
"Now you
see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!" "...a
fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to
coast certain rounds." "You
may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome, "Old
age is just a record of one's whole life." "Wars
of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought
to map change." "We
have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that
will last." "Wisdom
is knowing when you can't be wise." "To
be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess
them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich." "It
isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble
in your shoe." "Float
like a butterfly. "My
way of joking is to tell the truth. "Love
is a net that catches hearts like a fish." "Silence
is golden when you can't think of a good answer." "If you
even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize." "Frazier
is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life." "I'm the
most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't
no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away
in the villages didn't know about them." "All I
want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point.
Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls.
I'm through talking." "I know
where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what
you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want." "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." "LaLaLand
gossips say Joe Frazier ain't happy with his characterization in
movie Ali. Sez he should have been consulted since he has a memory
and Ali doesn't." "Rivers,
ponds, lakes and streams — they all have different names, but
they all contain water. Just as religions do — they all contain
truths." "I'm
a Muslim. I've been a Muslim for 20 years. . . . You know me. I'm
a boxer. I've been called the greatest. People recognize me for
being a boxer and a man of truth. I wouldn't be here representing
Islam if it were terrorist. . . . I think all people should know
the truth, come to recognize the truth. Islam is peace." "Prejudice
comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it." "Ain't
no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring." "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." "I'm
so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel
room and was in bed before the room was dark." "People
don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy
- nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything
like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.'' "It's
hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am." "Hating
people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which
color does the hating. It's just plain wrong." "That
all you got, George?" "It’s
lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and
I believed in myself." "Champions
aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have
deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have
last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have
to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than
the skill." "It's
not bragging if you can back it up." "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." "The
man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted
30 years of his life." "I'm a
baaaadd man!" "If
they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make
something out of you." "Eat
your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest." "I
figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that
I really was the greatest." "It's
just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just
beat people up." "It's
lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and
I believe in myself." "Service
to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." "The
man who has no imagination has no wings." "Be
loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs." "Cassius
Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it, and I didn't want it.
I am Muhammad Ali, a free name - it means beloved of God - and I
insist people use it when speaking to me and of me.'' "What's
my name, fool? What's my name?" "I wish
people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would
be a better world." "He
was like God - God with a custard pie up his sleeve.'' Links for More about Muhammad Ali |
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