"Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in
plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every
day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just
don't let yourself believe it will happen to you."
"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."
"If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they
can sure make something out of you."
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up
and apologize."
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;
it's the pebble in your shoe."
"It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am."
"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound
the sand. I beat people up"
"It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting
challenges, and I believed in myself."
"It's not bragging if you can back it up."
"It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen."
"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."
"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did
at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
"There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people."
"There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights
have been a pleasure to win."
"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."
"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."
"What keeps me going is goals."
"When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble."
"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."
"Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to
the US Bureau of Wild Life."
"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But
if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned
anything."
"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it
doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish
nothing in life."
"I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were
just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own."
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
"I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah
and peace."
"I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll
let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington."
"I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince
the world that I really was the greatest."
"I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't
quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."
"I know I got it made while the masses of black people
are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free."
"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." End of quotes by: Muhammad Ali
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