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

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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. "

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

" Joe Frazier got hit more than me - and he doesn't have Parkinson's. "

" 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. "

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

" All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. "

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

" Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again. "

" 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. "

" 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 hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' "

" White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing. "

" The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God. "

" 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. "

" I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington. "

" I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. "

" 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? "

" I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them. "

" 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.' "

" I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beautiful. I'm fast. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. I can't possibly be beat. "

" Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life. "

" Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. "

" Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. "

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