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" I don't have to be what you want me to be. "
Muhammad Ali
You
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" 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. "
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" When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ. "
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" Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths. "
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" My toughest fight was with my first wife. "
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" The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters. "
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" I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others. "
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" I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill. "
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" I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. "
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" I shook up the world, I shook up the world. "
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" Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. "
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" If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. "
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" I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years. "
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" It's in my blood to be around people while I was training. "
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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. "
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" It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. "
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" No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters. "
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" It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. "
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" I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. "
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" I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world. "
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" It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. "
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" Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. "
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" 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. "
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" When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace. "
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" The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God. "
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" At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far. "
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" Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. "
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" Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England. "
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