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" It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. "

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

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" It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. "

" What keeps me going is goals. "

" 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. "

" I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world. "

" It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. "

" You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time. "

" A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome. "

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

" 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.' "

" My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, 'The Intoxication of Life,' 'The Purpose of Life,' 'The Real Cause of Man's Distress,' 'The Journey to the Goal in Life,' and, one of my favorites, 'The Heart of Man.' They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me. "

" I didn't want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, 'Why did you do that?' This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day. "

" Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head. "

" I got no quarrel with them Vietcong. "

" Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons. "

" I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest! "

" 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. "

" Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. "

" The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month? "

" No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room. "

" 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 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. "