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I Knew I Had Him In The First Round. Almighty God Was With Me. I Want Everyone To Bear Witness, I Am The Greatest! I'm The Greatest Thing That Ever Lived. I Don't Have A Mark On My Face, And I Upset Sonny Liston, And I Just Turned Twenty-two Years Old. I Must Be The Greatest. I Showed The World. I Talk To God Everyday. I Know The Real God. I Shook Up The World, I'm The King Of The World. You Must Listen To Me. I Am The Greatest! I Can't Be Beat!

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I Knew I Had

Muhammad Ali

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I Knew I Had Him In The First Round. Almighty God Was With Me. I Want Everyone To Bear Witness, I Am The Greatest! I'm The Greatest Thing That Ever Lived. I Don't Have A Mark On My Face, And I Upset Sonny Liston, And I Just Turned Twenty-two Years Old. I Must Be The Greatest. I Showed The World. I Talk To God Everyday. I Know The Real God. I Shook Up The World, I'm The King Of The World. You Must Listen To Me. I Am The Greatest! I Can't Be Beat!

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Oh! How The Hours Hasten To Change Into Days, The Days Into Months, The Months Into Years, And Those Into Life's Annihilation!

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I Wanted To Keep These Trunks As A Souvenir." "now Look At Them." "they Were Splattered With Blood.

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So Now I'm Going To Forget The 400 Years Of Lynching And Killing Raping And Depriving My People Feeding Of Justice And Equality And The Lowest Of Low Last Respect And I'm Going To Look At Two Or Three White People Who Are Trying To Do Right And Don't See The Other Million Who Are Trying To Kill Me? I'm Not That Big Of A Fool.

Who's Gonna Dare To Be Great?

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What’s My Greatest Weakness? Sad Stories, People With Problems

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If The Culprits Are Muslim, They Have Twisted The Teachings Of Islam. Whoever Performed, Or Is Behind, The Terrorist Attacks In The United States Of America Does Not Represent Islam. God Is Not Behind Assassins.

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.

You Made A Big Mistake By Letting Me Come, Because Now I'm Going After Your Job

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Don't Ever Squeeze A Fighter's Hand, Man. You're Doing Good Just To Lay Your Eyes On Me

Hell No / I Ain't Going To Go / Clean Out My Cell / And Take My Tail / To Jail / Without Bail / Because It's Better There Eating / Watching Television Fed / Than In Vietnam With Your White Folks Dead.

They Say Actually Every Time I Enter The Ring, In A Way, I`m Going To The War. They Say To Me Daily, You Are A Prized Fighter, What`s The Difference? And I Like To Say To Those Critics Of The Press And The Others That There Is One Hell Of A Lot Of Difference In Fighting In A Ring And Going To War In Vietnam.

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Impossible Is Just A Big Word Thrown Around By Small Men Who Find It Easier To Live In The World They've Been Given Than To Explore The Power They Have To Change It.

I Do Need Publicity But Not For What I Do For Good. I Need Publicity For My Book. I Need Publicity For My Fights. I Need Publicity For My Movie But Not For Helping People. Then It Is No Longer Sincere.

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All Through My Life, I Have Been Tested. My Will Has Been Tested, My Courage Has Been Tested, My Strength Has Been Tested. Now My Patience And Endurance Are Being Tested.

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Do You Know Why I’m The Fastest Heavyweight In The World? I’m The Only Heavyweight That Trains Underwater!

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You Have A Right To Say What You Believe, And I Have A Right.

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I Can Remember A Couple Of Real Fights When I Ran. Because They Were Kinda Dangerous.

Whatever The Challenge Was, However Unattainable The Goal May Have Seemed, I Never Let Anyone Talk Me Out Of Believing In Myself.

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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God Gave Me This Illness To Remind Me That I'm Not Number One; He Is.

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Allah's The Arabic Term For God. Stand Up For God, Fight For God, Work For God And Do The Right Thing, And Go The Right Way, Things Will End Up In Your Corner.

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Religions All Have Different Names, But They All Contain The Same Truths. ... I Think The People Of Our Religion Should Be Tolerant And Understand People Believe Different Things.

This Relationship Will Help Guarantee That, For Generations To Come, People Of All Nations Will Understand My Beliefs And My Purpose

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I'm Not Trying To Get Power Over White. I'm Involved In A Freedom Struggle. Not A Power Struggle.

Our Only Hope Lies In The Power Of Our Love, Generosity, Tolerance And Understanding And Our Commitment To Making The World A Better Place For All.

On My Twelfth Birthday, I Got A New Bicycle As A Present From My Folks, And I Rode It To A Fair That Was Being Held At The Columbia Gymnasium, And When I Come Out, My Bike Was Gone. I Was So Mad I Was Crying, And A Policeman, Joe Martin, Come Up And I Told Him I Was Going To Whip Whoever Took My Bike. He Said I Ought To Take Some Boxing Lessons To Learn How To Whip The Thief Better, And I Did. That's When I Started Fighting.

Only The Nose Knows Where The Nose Goes When The Door Close.

Silence Is Golden When You Can't Think Of A Good Answer.

I Have More Fans And More Followers And More Supporters. Because The People Who Actually Saw The Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali Fight, They Saw Me Win At Least Nine Rounds - The People Who Know Boxing.

I Am An Ordinary Man Who Worked Hard To Develop The Talent I Was Given.

There Ain't No Such Thing As Black Muslims. That's How They Tried To Cut Off All My Brothers In The Rest Of The World And Divide Us In America And Make Other Muslims Think That We Are Not With Them.we Are All The Same. I Recognise Them And They Recognise Me. I'm Invited To All Of Their Homes All Over The World And I'm Invited To Muslim Countries.

Stay Away From The Ropes

The Greatest Victory In Life Is To Rise Above The Material Things That We Once Valued Most

Greatest Victory

Get Up And Say Elijah Muhammad Is Wrong When He Says White Are The Devil? They Have To Prove They Are Not The Devil.

Elijah Muhammad

In Ali Change Creation Faith Growth Hope Humor Life Living Muhammad Ali Transformation Wonder If They Can Make Penicillin Out Of Moldy Bread, They Can Sure Make Something Out Of You.

My Main Fight Is For Freedom And Equality.

Freedom And Equality

Love Is The Net Where Hearts Are Caught Like Fish.

Boxing Is Just To Introduce Me To The Struggle. Like, When I Speak I Draw People In The States To Teach Them Various Things Or To Give Them Dignity, Pride And Self-help. I Have To Help The Dope And Prostitution Problem.

The Roughest And Toughest Fighter I Fought Was Joe Frazier

It's Possible For The Heavyweight Champion Of The World To Be With One Woman.

I Don't Look Like No Kiwi Bird

Lakes, Rivers, Streams...all Are Water And All Travel To The Same Destination. So It Is With Religion.

Friendship Is Definitely The Most Difficult Detail On The Globe To Elucidate. It Is Really Not Something You Understand At School. But If You Have Not Realized The Which Means Of Friendship, You Truly Have Not Realized Anything.

In The Ring I Can Stay Until I’m Old And Gray Because I Know How To Hit And Dance Away

I Outwit Them, And Then I Outhit Them

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.

I Would Like To Say That Whites Jumped Right Behind Malcolm X. They’re Makin’ A Book About Him, It’s Required Readin’ In All Colleges Now, And They’re Makin’ A Movie About Him, And Projectin’ Him As The Leader And If You Read His Book And See The Movie That’s Comin’ Out, It’ll Make You Hate Elijah Mohammed And The Muslims. Mainly, This Is Done To Turn The Black People Against The Real Leader And I’d Like To Say That This Is The Way White People Rule.

People Don't Realise 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.

In America They Got Two Policemen, Five Policemen And One Car Watching Each Other, Each Has Got A Pistol, One Has Got A Machine Gun, One' Got A Shotgun And Two Dogs Growling At Each Other.

In Florida I Was Illiterate, Boxing Authority Didn't Want Me, Then They Had A Special Psychiatrist To Come To Kentucky, They Checked And They Didn't Want Me. But As Soon As My Name Was Mohammed Ali, As Soon As I Announced I Was A Muslim, Then All Of A Sudden I Became Smart.

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.

I Run On The Road Long Before I Dance Under The Lights.

Success Is Not Achieved By Winning All The Time. Real Success Comes When We Rise After We Fall. Some Mountains Are Higher Than Others. Some Roads Steeper Than The Next. There Are Hardships And Setbacks But You Cannot Let Them Stop You. Even On The Steepest Road You Must Not Turn Back.

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I'm Relyin' On Almighty God, Allah, And Whatever Happens Happens.

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Stay In College, Get The Knowledge. And Stay There Until You're Through. If They Can Make Penicillin Out Of Moldy Bread, They Can Sure Make Something Out Of You. Advice To A Young Person To Continue His Education.

I Love My People And I Don't Hate Nobody And It Keeps Me Out Of Trouble.

You May Talk About Sweden, You May Talk About Rome, But Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's Home. A Lot Of People Said That Floyd Couldn't Fight, But You Should Have Seen Him On The Comeback Night.

It All Started To Come Together When I Realized That Boxing Was How I Was Going To Succeed In Life.

If We Were Second Class Citizens We'd Be Driving Old Cadillacs And Living Good. If We Were First Class We'd Be Driving A Rolls Royce.

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