Tag: Muhammad Ali
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I would say things like ‘I am the greatest! I’m pretty! If you talk jive, you’ll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I’m pretty!’ When white people heard me talking like this, some said, ‘That black man talks too much. He’s bragging.’
Muhammad Ali
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Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.
Muhammad Ali
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Muhammad Ali
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The Nation of Islam’s main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep trying to force ourselves into white restaurants and schools when white people didn’t want us? Why not clean up our own neighborhoods and schools instead of trying to move out of them and into white people’s neighborhoods?
Muhammad Ali
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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.
Muhammad Ali
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I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
Muhammad Ali
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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.
Muhammad Ali
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The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.
Muhammad Ali
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No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
Muhammad Ali
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No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson’s. There’s no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.
Muhammad Ali