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When I Was A Kid I Got Mad Enough To Want To Kill Somebody But As You Travel The World And I'm Struggling With A Freedom Fight Against Nations, You Can't Get Enough Hate In You To Be Mad At One Man Just Because It's A Boxing Match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, Who Condemned My Islamic Religion And Didn't Want To Call Me Muhammad Ali And Said I Should've Gone To The Army And I Should Be In Jail.

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When I Was A Kid I Got Mad Enough To Want To Kill Somebody But As You Travel The World And I'm Struggling With A Freedom Fight Against Nations, You Can't Get Enough Hate In You To Be Mad At One Man Just Because It's A Boxing Match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, Who Condemned My Islamic Religion And Didn't Want To Call Me Muhammad Ali And Said I Should've Gone To The Army And I Should Be In Jail.

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Black And White

I Had It In My Heart. I Believed In Myself, And I Had Confidence. I Knew How To Do It, Had Natural Talent And I Pursued It.

Nobody Has To Tell Me That This Is A Serious Business. I'm Not Fighting One Man. I'm Fighting A Lot Of Men, Showing A Lot Of 'em, Here Is One Man They Couldn't Defeat, Couldn't Conquer. My Mission Is To Bring Freedom To 30m Black People

White People Cannot Destroy Me Like They Have Other Big Ministers Of Elijah Mohammed In The Past By Telling Us Oh, You Speak Good, You Should Be The Leader.

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

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

What I Will Remember Most About Mr Mandela Is That He Was A Man Whose Heart, Soul And Spirit Could Not Be Contained Or Restrained By Racial And Economic Injustices, Metal Bars Or The Burden Of Hate And Revenge.

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

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 Said I Was The Greatest, Not The Smartest.

I've Never Let Anyone Talk Me Into Not Believing In Myself

If You Wonder What The Difference Between Them And Me Is, I'll Break The News: You Never Heard Of Them. Most Of Them ... Can Fight Almost As Good As I Can. I'm Just Saying You Never Heard Of Them.

Hating People Because Of Their Color Is Wrong. And It Doesn't Matter Which Color Does The Hating. It's Just Plain Wrong.

Boxing Is A Lot Of White Men Watching Two Black Men Beat Each Other 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.

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

No Woman On This Whole Earth Can Please Me And Cook For Me And Socialise And Talk To Me Like My American Black Woman.

If America Were In A Just War I'd Volunteer For The Front Line. I'd Do The Shuffling And Win The War.

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.

I'm The Greatest Fighter In The Entire World, How Can I Be Afraid? I Love People And People Love Me.

Who's Gonna Dare To Be Great?

Dare To Be Great

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.

It's A Dare. Impossible Is Potential. Impossible Is Temporary. Impossible Is Nothing.

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The More We Help Others, The More We Help Ourselves

I Always Liked To Chase The Girls. Parkinson's Stops All That. Now I Might Have A Chance To Go To Heaven.

Sonny Liston Is Great. But He'll Fall In Eight.

People Sold Everything - Their Cars, Their Land For Miles, To Come In And See Me Beat. I Went To The Bank Laughing Every Time.

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

When You Can Whip Any Man In The World, You Never Know Peace.

I Am So Mean I've Handcuffed Lightnin' And Thrown Thunder In Jail.

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.

You Don't Want No Pie In The Sky When You Die, You Want Something Here On The Ground While You're Still Around.

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.

Frazier Soaked It All Up Like A Sponge. When They Arrived In Manila It Was The Same Story. Ali Poured Scorn On His Opponent. Humiliated Him. Joe Had The Heart Of A Lion But Verbally He Was Out Of His Depth When Ali Got Going. One Time, As Fight Day Approached, Ali Spotted Frazier On A Hotel Balcony, Grabbed A Security Guard's Gun And Fired Some Rounds At Him. Everybody Knew It Wasn't Live Ammo But It Still Startled The Hell Out Of Joe.] Go Back In Your Hole, Gorilla, You Gonna Scare The People! Come Out Again And I'm Gonna Kill Ya Before Time!”

When I Was 9, I Saw A Wrestler On Television Named Gorgeous George. He Said, "i'm Beautiful. I'm So Pretty That If A Sucker Touches My Face, I'll Kill Him. If He Messes With My Hair, I'll Pummel Him." I Said To Myself, "that's A Good Idea. I Am The Greatest, I'm Pretty." And Then I Took It A Little Further Than He Did.

I Would Like To Say That I Am Not An Apostle Of The Muslim Religion.

Muslim Religion

I Am Grateful For All My Victories, But I Am Especially Grateful For My Losses, Because They Only Made Me Work Harder.

Many People Are Quick To Say That We Are Not Recognized By Muslims In The East . And I Start With The Honorable Elijah Mohammed. In 1959, He Went Throughout The Holy City Of Mecca To Dine And Wine With Gamal Abdel Nasser Of Egypt And All Of The Black, Mainly The Rulers Of The Islamic Countries.

But When I Looked At A Lot Of The Questions They Had On Them Army Tests, I Just Didn't Know The Answers. I Don't Even Know How To Start After Finding The Answers. That's All.

Martin Luther King Was Bumped Off Unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell Was Bumped Off Unjustly, They Took My Title Unjustly, They Killed Megers Ever Unjustly, All The Integrators Who Love White Folks, Was Unjustly Kicked Out Of Washington, They've Been Deprived Of Education And Poverty Throughout The Country.

I Got It Made The Rest Of My Life, Financially And In Every Other Way. There's Nobody In The World Like Me. I'm Getting Out Just In Time. If I Was Twenty Seven, I Could Still Kick Ass. I Don't Have To Beat Holmes. Why? I Raised Him, He Worked Three Years As A Sparring Partner For Me.

Sparring Partner

Frazier's Got Two Chances. Slim, And None. And Slim Just Left Town

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

I Don't Smoke But I Keep A Match Box In My Pocket, When My Heart Slips Towards Sin, I Burn The Matchstick And Heat My Palm With It, Then Say To Myself, "ali You Can't Even Bear This Heat, How Would You Bear The Unbearable Heat Of Hellfire?"

Children Make You Want To Start Life Over.

I Tried To Get Into The Mind Of My Opponent And Psyche Him Out.

I'm So Mean I Make Medicine Sick!

Whites Have Always Put One Against Another And Now They Have A Dead Man Who Was Nothin' But A, He Admitted It Himself, Malcolm X, Was A Tramp Or Had White Women Sellin' Their Body For Him, He Was Nothin' Until The Honorable Elijah Mohammed Made Him Great, Made Him Great, Taught Him, Even His Name X Come From Elijah.

I Don't Look Like No Kiwi Bird

Impossible Is Nothing.

People Will Know You’re Serious When You Produce.

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Black People We've Been Taught That We Will Never Be Free, Until Some Will Have To Die, Some Will Have To Give Up Wealth, Their Loved Ones, And Their Health, So, What I'm Doin' Is For Myself And For Justice For Black People, Runnin' Will Kill It All, It'll Make Me A Coward.

I Was Saying "i'm The Greatest" Long Before I Believed It.

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We Have One Life / It Soon Will Be Past / What We Do For God / Is All That Will Last.

Who Is The Descendant Of The Slavemasters A Descendant Of Slaves To Fight Other People In Thier Own Country?

Scatter Abroad What You Have Already Amassed Rather Than Pile Up New Wealth.

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The Only Way For Peace Between The Races Is A Separation Of The Races.

America Don't Have No Future! America's Going To Be Destroyed! Allah's Going To Divinely Chastise America! Violence, Crimes, Earthquakes - There's Gonna Be All Kinds Of Trouble. America's Going To Pay For All Its Lynchings And Killings Of Slaves And What It's Done To Black People.

Santa Claus Was White And Everything Bad Was Black. The Little Ugly Duckling Was The Black Duck, And The Black Cat Was The Bad Luck. And If I Threaten You, I'm Going To Blackmail You.i Said, 'momma, Why Don't They Call It 'whitemail'? They Lie Too.'

There Were So Many Fellows Ranked Over Me I Couldn't Just Whoop Them All. I Had To Out-shadow Them By Talking.

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

I Have Learned To Live My Life One Step, One Breath, And One Moment At A Time, But It Was A Long Road. I Set Out On A Journey Of Love, Seeking Truth, Peace And Understanding. I Am Still Learning.

Cherish Every Moment

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.

I'll Destroy You. I Am The Master Of Disaster.

I Do A Lot Of Reading, A Lot Of Studying. I Ask Questions, I'll Go Out, Travel These Countries, I'll Watch How Their People Live, And I Learn.

Boxing's A Rough Sport. After Every Fight I Rush To The Mirror To Make Sure I'm Presentable.

Some Gems For The Greatest Of Them All

I Should Be A Postage Stamp, Because That's The Only Way I'll Ever Get Licked. I'm Beautiful. I'm Fast. I'm So Mean I Make Medicine Sick. I Can't Possibly Be Beat.

I Am The Greatest. I Said That Even Before I Knew I Was. Don't Tell Me I Can't Do Something. Don't Tell Me It's Impossible. Don't Tell Me I'm Not The Greatest. I'm The Double Greatest.

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

My Face Is So Pretty, You Don’t See A Scar, Which Proves I’m The King Of The Ring By Far.

When A Chivalrous Man Makes An Oath, He Is Faithful To It, And When He Attains Power, He Spares His Enemy.

Women Are The Field That Produces Our Nation. And If You Can't Protect Your Women, You Can't Protect Your Nation.

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 Have A Beautiful Daughter, Beautiful Wife.they Look Like Me, We All Happy And I Don't Have No Trouble. And I Ain't That Much In Love With No Woman To Go Through That Hell - Ain't No One Woman That Good.

To The People That Have Said I'm Too Small, I'm Not Fast Enough, I Don't Have What It Takes, I'm Not Strong Enough. Thank You

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Eat Your Words! Eat Your Words! I Am The Greatest.

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.

Whoever Knocks Persistently, Ends By Entering.

I Am The Astronaut Of Boxing. Joe Louis And Dempsey Were Just Jet Pilots. I'm In A World Of My Own.

It's The Repetition Of Affirmations That Leads To Belief. And Once That Belief Becomes A Deep Conviction, Things Begin To Happen.

The Outgoing And Spontaneous Person That The World Knew While I Was Boxing Was A Persona That I Created To Sell Tickets And Promote My Career. In My Private Life, I Am Quiet And Reflective By Nature.

I Wish People Would Love Everybody Else The Way They Love Me. It Would Be A Better World.

If You Haven't Learned The Meaning Of Friendship, You Really Haven't Learned Anything.

That Computer Was Made In Alabama

Champions Are Not Generated From The Championship. Champion Is Generated From Something They Have In Them, Desires, Dreams, And Visions.

I'm Definitely Gonna Be The People's Champion ... But I Just Ain't Gonna Be The Champ The Way You Want Me To Be The Champ. I'm Gonna Be The Champ The Way I Wanna Be.

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.

Someone Stole My Bicycle And I Said I Was Going To Learn To Fight So That I Could Catch Him And Beat Him Up. But I Never Did Catch Him. But I Ended Up The Champ Of The Whole World.

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.

I Did Not Disregard My Culture, If I Did, It Was The White American Culture, And I Accepted My True Culture, When I Accepted Mohammed Ali, Because This Is A Black Name, Islam Is The Black Man's Religion, And So I Would Like To Say, That I Would Like To Clarify That Point That I Reclaimed My Real Culture, And That's Being A Black Man And Wearing A Black Name With A Black Body, And Not A White Name, So I Would Never Say That I Didn't Disown My Culture.

He Who Is Not Courageous Enough To Take Risks Will Accomplish Nothing In Life.

My Wealth Is In My Knowledge Of Self, Love, And Spirituality.

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.

The World’s Champ Should Be Pretty Like Me!

When One Man Of Popularity Can Let The World Know The Problem, He Might Lose A Few Dollars Himself. He Might Lose His Life. But He's Helping Millions.

The Worst Man Is The One Who Sees Himself As The Best.

Since I Won't Let The Critics Seal My Fate, They Keep Hollering I'm Full Of Hate. But They Don't Really Hurt Me None, 'cause I'm Doing Good And Having Fun.

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.

My Definition Of Evil Is Unfriendliness.

I Just Give Lip Service To Being The Greatest. He Was The Greatest.

I Barely Got Out Of School, I Got Out Of School, Mainly, Because I Was A Champ, And I Actually Didn't Pass. I Won't Name The Teachers That Put Me Through, But I Want. If I Was Not A Muslim, Or A Follower Of The Honorable Elijah Mohammed I Couldn't Talk To Somebody For Two Minutes. I Believe I Can Hold My Own As An Intelligent Conversation, But It All Come From The Honorable Elijah Mohammed.

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.

The World Badly Needs More Peaceful And Loving Men Like Sri Chinmoy. I Am A Muslim And He Is Serving All People Of Peace. Sri Chinmoy Is Doing So Much For The World, For People Of All Faiths, Because Of His Own Peace And Faith.

We Black People, As A Whole, Are At War We'll Say With The White Power Structure. Not Physically, But We Have Definite Protests To Win The Battle.

I'd Like To Say That Muslims Are Never In Violence With White People. It's The Black Man Who Love You. See, You Don't Let Him In Your Toilet, You Don't Let Him In Your Restroom, You Don't Let Him Marry Your Daughter, You Gotta Fight. So, We're Not Gonna Be Botherin' You, You Understand. Muslims Don't Come In, We Don't Have No Trouble With You. It's Just The Integrator.

I'm Going To, Not I'm Gonna. Talk Intelligent

I Had To Prove You Could Be A New Kind Of Black Man. I Had To Show The World.

Once The Choice Is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-guess Your Decisions

How Many Push Ups Do You Do? I Don't Know. I Only Starts Counting When It Starts Hurting

Howard Cosell Was Gonna Be A Boxer When He Was A Kid Only They Couldn't Find A Mouthpiece Big Enough.

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.

I'm The Best. I Just Haven't Played Yet.

Why Should They Ask Me To Put On A Uniform And Go Ten Thousand Miles From Home And Drop Bombs And Bullets On Brown People In Vietnam While So-called Negro People In Louisville Are Treated Like Dogs And Denied Simple Human Rights?

Things Are Getting Much Better, But I Always Wondered When I Went To Church On Sundays. I've Always Been One To... I'm Not Just A Boxer.

Church On Sunday

Champions Have To Have The Skill And The Will. But The Will Must Be Stronger Than The Skill.

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

I Don't Know What Truculent Means, But If It's Good, It's Me

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

Guarantees That

I Just Won The Gold Medal And I Couldn't Eat Downtown. I Said, 'something's Wrong.' And From Then On, I've Been A Muslim.

Now, If I Even Say The Wrong Thing I Make The News.

I Was Always Curious. And I Always Wondered Why I Had To Die To Go To Heaven.

A Lot Of Wars Are Fought Between Black And Whites Daily In America. But If It's Something I Want To Be With, The People Who Started It Were Black, I Wouldn't Not Get In It.

Black And White

Before I Became A Muslim, I Ate Pork And Chased Women--but All That Stuff Stopped.

If The White Man Ain't The Devil, He's Been Aiming At The History Of The Americans.

True Success Is Reaching Our Potential Without Compromising Our Values.

Miss America Was Always White. All The Beautiful Brown Women In America, Beautiful Sun Tans, Beautiful Shapes, All Types Of Complexions, But She Always Was White.and Miss World Was Always White, And Miss Universe Was Always White.and The Angel Fruit Cake Was The White Cake And The Devil Food Cake Was The Chocolate Cake.i Said, 'momma, Why Is Everything White?' I Always Wondered. And The President Lived In The White House.

My Trainer Don't Tell Me Nothing Between Rounds. I Don't Allow Him To. I Fight The Fight. All I Want To Know Is Did I Win The Round. It's Too Late For Advice.

Black People In America Will Never Be Free So Long As They're On The White Man's Land. We Can't Be Free Until We Get Our Own Land And Our Own Country In North America. When We Separate From America And Take Maybe Ten States, Then We'll Be Free.

You're Not Going To Enjoy Every Minute Of The Journey, But The Success You'll Find At The End Will Make It All Worth It.

I Calculate That I Took 20,000 Punches, But I Earned Millions And Kept A Lot Of It. I May Talk Slow, But My Mind Is Ok.

I Don't Have To Be What You Want Me To Be.

Only Last Week I Murdered A Rock, Injured A Stone And Hospitalized A Brick.

There Comes A Time In Every Person's Life When He Has To Choose The Course His Life Will Take.

There Comes A Time

I've Never Really Resented Hard Work Because I've Always Liked It. Up Every Morning For Roadwork. Going To The Gymnasium Every Day At 12 O'clock. I Never Change My Pattern.

So When I Heard That We Don't Have Our Names, We Don't Speak Our True Arabic Language, We Were Robbed Of Islam, Our True Religion, And We've Been Made Deaf, Dumb, And Blind In Slavery.and Elijah Muhammad Was Taught By Allah, Who We Refer To As God, To Teach Us The Truth That Will Free Us.and When I Heard It, I've Been Free Ever Since. I Have No Racial Problems, I Don't Go Where I'm Not Wanted.

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.

I Love Boxing And It Did A Lot For Me. But Sometimes It Made Me Think How Savage Human Beings Could Be To Each Other. That Wasn't The Kind Of Boxer I Wanted To Be. My Strategy Was To Be As Scientific As I Could When I Fought. I Didn't Want To Be Seriously Hurt, And I Didn't Want To Do That To Anybody Else Either.

I Think I Could Beat Joe Frazier Singing. I Was In A Broadway Musical Called Big Time Buck Wright.

God Will Not Place A Burden On A Man's Shoulders Knowing That He Cannot Carry It.

I'm Gonna Have To Be Killed Before I Lose, And I Ain't Going To Die Easy.

This Life Is Not Real. I Conquered The World And It Did Not Bring Me Satisfaction.

I Only Read The Holy Koran, The Bible And The Sports Pages

Elijah Muhammad Teaches Us The Truth Of God Beautified The Planet By Separating Everybody In Different Countries For Themselves: Chinese In China, English In England, Puerto Ricans In Puerto Rico, Ethiopians In Ethiopia, Arabians In Arabia, Egyptians In Egypt, And Americans Took That Country And Stole It Away So There's Always Going To Be Trouble And Chaos.

Why Are They Picking On Boxing? It's Because The Black Men Are So Superior In Boxing That They Want To Stop It. Well, The Black Man's So Hungry He's Got To Fight.

Black Men - One Might Be The President. Well, America's In Too Much Trouble - I Don't Want That Job Now.

The Sun Is Always Shining Someplace.

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.

When You Come To The Fight Don't Block The Halls And Don't Block The Door, For Y'all May Go Home After Round Four.

I Wasn't Thinking Of Being The Greatest. But I Knew I Had A Chance.

Every Day Is Different, And Some Days Are Better Than Others, But No Matter How Challenging The Day, I Get Up And Live It.

The Show Was Bad, But I Was Great

I'm The Greatest, But Only In Relation To Fighting.

My Only Fault Is That I Don't Realize How Great I Really Am.

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.

Success Is Not Achieved By Winning All The Time. Real Success Comes When We Rise After We Fall.

Most People Don't Pray Until They're In Trouble. When People Need Help They Pray A Lot. But After They Get What They Want, They Slow Down. If A Man Takes Five Showers A Day, His Body Will Be Clean. Praying Five Times A Day Helps Me Clean My Mind.

"i'm The Greatest Thing That Ever Lived! I'm The King Of The World! I'm A Bad Man. I'm The Prettiest Thing That Ever Lived. I Shook Up The World! I Want Justice..."

I Live. I Travel. I Eat. I Pray. These Are The Things I Do. I'd Rather Be In My Condition Than Be A Man With Four Children In A Four-bedroom House, Working Hard Every Day To Pay For His House, Taking His Children To School.

I Always Asked My Mother, I Said, 'momma, How Come Is Everything White?' I Said, 'why Is Jesus White With Blond Hair And Blue Eyes? Why Is The Lord's Supper All White Men? Angels Are White, The Pope, Mary, And Even The Angels.' I Said, 'mother, When We Die, Do We Go To Heaven?' She Said, 'naturally We Go To Heaven.' I Said, 'well, What Happened To All The Black Angels?'

I’ve Wrestled With Alligators, I’ve Tussled With A Whale. I Done Handcuffed Lightning And Throw Thunder In Jail. You Know I’m Bad. Just Last Week, I Murdered A Rock, Injured A Stone, Hospitalized A Brick. I’m So Mean, I Make Medicine Sick.

If You Lose A Big Fight, It Will Worry You All Of Your Life. It Will Plague You - Until You Get Your Revenge.

Boxing Is Good For The Livelihood But Mainly, Money Don't Really Mean Nothing.

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.

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee. The Hands Can't Hit What The Eyes Can't See.

The Man Of Least Capacity Is The One Who Shows Himself Incapable Of Self-correction.

The Only Limitations One Has, Are The Ones They Place On Themselves

Love Is The Net Where Hearts Are Caught Like Fish.

Religions Have Different Names, And They All Contain Truth, Expressed In Different Ways Forms And Times

Ain't No Reason For Me To Kill Nobody In The Ring, Unless They Deserve It.

I'm The Most Recognised And Loved Man That Ever Lived

Shut Up, I Know What I'm Doing!

Get Up Sucker And Fight. Get Up And Fight

I Came Back To Louisville After The Olympics With My Shiny Gold Medal. Went Into A Luncheonette Where Black Folks Couldn't Eat. Thought I'd Put Them On The Spot. I Sat Down And Asked For A Meal. The Olympic Champion Wearing His Gold Medal. They Said, "we Don't Serve Niggers Here." I Said, "that's Okay, I Don't Eat 'em." But They Put Me Out In The Street. So I Went Down To The River, The Ohio River, And Threw My Gold Medal In It.

It's Just A Job. Grass Grows, Birds Fly, Waves Pound The Sand. I Beat People Up.

I Don't Count My Situps. I Only Start Counting Once It Starts Hurting.

Parkinson's Is My Toughest Fight. No, It Doesn't Hurt. It's Hard To Explain. I'm Being Tested To See If I'll Keep Praying, To See If I'll Keep My Faith. All Great People Are Tested By God.

The Word 'islam' Means 'peace.' The Word 'muslim' Means 'one Who Surrenders To God.' But The Press Makes Us Seem Like Haters.

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.

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.

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.

My Toughest Opponent Has Always Been Me.

I Was The First One In The Gym, And The Last One To Leave.

Old Age Is Just A Record Of One's Whole Life.

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

Brooding Over Blunders Is The Biggest Blunder.

I Hospitalized A Rock, Killed A Brick...i'm So Bad I Make Medicine Sick!

I Never Push In Front My Muscles, Only My Religion, So I'm Protected.

Floyd Paterson? Boy, He's The Complete Opposite To Me. He No Way Like Me. They Go Down In History For Just Being Athletes. I'm Getting More Praise And Credit For Doing What I'm Doing Now On This Show Than Coming Here And Beating Five Of Your English Champions.

Some People Have Special Resources Inside, And When God Blesses You To Have More Than Others, You Have A Responsibility To Use It Right

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