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" I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him. "

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" I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky. "

Muhammad Ali

Great

Woman

Wonder

" My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world. "

" You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman's behind. "

" What keeps me going is goals. "

Muhammad Ali

Goals

Going

" It's in my blood to be around people while I was training. "

" To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.' "

" People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. "

" Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England. "

" I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back. "

" It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. "

" Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. "

" If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate. "

" 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.' "

" Don't feel sorry for me. "

Muhammad Ali

Sorry

Feel

" 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. "

Muhammad Ali

Motivational

Free

" Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor. "

Muhammad Ali

Life

Says

" God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did. "

" I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill. "

Muhammad Ali

I Am

Cherry

" Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist. "

Muhammad Ali

Airplane

" I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. "

" If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. "

" 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. "

" I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. "

" Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. "

" The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters. "

Muhammad Ali

God

Peace

" 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. "

" I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. "

" 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 give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years. "

Muhammad Ali

Over

People

" I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. "