Tag: Muhammad Ali
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Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali
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I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.
Muhammad Ali
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All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
Muhammad Ali
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The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon – there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.
Muhammad Ali
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I’ve been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.
Muhammad Ali
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Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don’t belong anymore to anyone, that I’m not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.
Muhammad Ali
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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.
Muhammad Ali
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You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.
Muhammad Ali
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I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
Muhammad Ali
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It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
Muhammad Ali