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Muhammad Ali Quotes - Page 12

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In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked and they didn't want me. But as soon as my name was Mohammed Ali, as soon as I

In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked and they didn't want me. But as soon as my name was Mohammed Ali, as soon as I announced I was a Muslim, then all of a sudden I became smart.

Smart, Florida, Kentucky

Source: thefederalist.com

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night

Night, Left, Ifs

Twitter post from Jun 24, 2010

Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it himself, Malcolm X, was a tramp or had white women sellin' their body for him, he was nothin' until the Honorable Elijah Mohammed made him great, made him great, taught him, even his name X come from Elijah.

Men, Names, White

Source: thefederalist.com

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

Want, What You Want, You Want Me

Twitter post from Mar 03, 2016

I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a Muslim.

Gold, Downtown, Said

"Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

Stumbling is the fruit of haste.

Haste, Fruit, Stumbling

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

Boxing, Gorillas, Killers

I used to ask my brother Rudy to throw rocks at me. I'd dodge every one. That's how I learned how to bob and weave: ducking rocks.

Brother, Rocks, Dodge

Twitter post from Jul 05, 2010

Frazier's got two chances. Slim, and none. And Slim just left town

Two, Boxing, Slim

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

Book, Boxing, Greatest Book

I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.

Boxing, Water, Tree

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.

Dark, Greatness, Light

Twitter post from Nov 21, 2009

We must not only control the weapons that can kill us, we must bridge the great disparities of wealth and opportunity among the peoples of the world, the vast majority of whom live in poverty without hope, opportunity or choices in life. These conditions are a breeding ground for division that can cause a desperate people to resort to nuclear weapons as a last resort. Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place.

Lying, Commitment, Opportunity

America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna be all kinds of trouble. America's going to pay for all its lynchings and killings of slaves and what it's done to black people.

Lynching, Earthquakes, America

"This is the Legend of Muhammad Ali, the Greatest Fighter That Ever Will Be". Interview, www.playboy.com. June 3, 2016.

I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.

People, Champion, Want

"Marshawn Lynch resists easy media definition". Article by Ted Miller, proxy.espn.com. January 27, 2015.

Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men, showing a lot of 'em, here is one man they couldn't defeat, couldn't conquer. My mission is to bring freedom to 30m black people

Fighting, Men, People

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Strength, Sports, Inspiration

Twitter post from Nov 24, 2014

I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a << racial epithet >>.

Epithet, Vietnamese, Viet Cong

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.

Long, People, Boxing

"Essay: 'The Greatest' Losses: What Prince and Muhammad Ali Shared" by Chandra Thomas Whitfield, www.nbcnews.com. June 8, 2016.

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.

Beautiful, Names, White

"New Again: Muhammad Ali". Interview with Daniela Morera, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1977.

I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches

Radar, Built

Twitter post from Jun 21, 2010

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.

Jesus, Men, People

Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

Twitter post from Dec 29, 2016

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

Sports, Boxing, World

Twitter post from Nov 25, 2009

I'm pretty as a girl.

Girl

"Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. June 5, 2016.

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