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

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

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

Service To 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner. "

Do The Right Thing

" He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's not bragging if you can back it up. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Superman don't need no seat belt. "

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

" All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them. "

" Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. "

" America is the greatest country in the world. "