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" The man who has no imagination has no wings. "

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" The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. "

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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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