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" 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. "
Muhammad Ali
Time
Woman
Fighting
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. "
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" Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day. "
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" 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? "
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" All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white. "
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" I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. "
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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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" There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. "
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" There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win. "
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" I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. "
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" Old age is just a record of one's whole life. "
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Whole
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" I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest! "
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Smartest
" 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. "
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" I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. "
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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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" 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. "
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Fast
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" My principles are more important than the money or my title. "
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Than
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" Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists. "
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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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" Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life. "
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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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" America is the greatest country in 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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