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Muhammad Ali Quotes - Page 17

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That all you got, George?

That all you got, George?

Bad Ass, Ass

"'There Will Never Be Another': George Foreman Remembers Muhammad Ali". "All Things Considered" with Mary Louise Kelly, www.npr.org. June 4, 2016.

Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they keep hollering I'm full of hate. But they don't really hurt me none, 'cause I'm doing good and having fun.

Hurt, Fun, Hate

Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.

Nike, Wall, Office

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

Mean, Color, Skins

Muhammad Ali, Hana Ali (2005). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, Large Print Press

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

Taken, Political, Figures

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

Black people ALL are fightin' you all for freedom, justice and equality. One believes that intermarriage is gonna solve it, and 200 years from now we all will be a beautiful cream color. He really believes it. One believe that gittin' some rifles and shootin' up the country is gonna solve it, another believes that education. One day we'll be the president. One believe that we gotta git into the white man's pockets and get all the money.

Beautiful, Country, Believe

Source: thefederalist.com

Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs

Black, Ass, Chairs

I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.

Leadership, Sports, Advice

When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you can't get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because it's a boxing match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, who condemned my Islamic religion and didn't want to call me Muhammad Ali and said I should've gone to the army and I should be in jail.

Hate, Islamic, Struggle

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

I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven

Heaven, Training, Fighter

Twitter post from Jul 10, 2012

If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and get killed because he's gone out and started something I don't believe in what he's fighting for or his approach.

Believe, Fighting, Men

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

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.

Fall, Fighting, Men

What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems

People, Weakness, Stories

Twitter post from Jan 20, 2010

A lot of wars are fought between black and whites daily in America. But if it's something I want to be with, the people who started it were black, I wouldn't not get in it.

War, Black And White, America

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

Hittin' hard don't mean nothing if you don't find nothin' to hit.

Mean, Hard, Ifs

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!

Boxing, Way, Should

Twitter post from Oct 04, 2010

Frank Sinatra told Floyd Paterson how he should whoop me. Frank Sinatra.

Should, Frank

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

I’m gonna show you how great I am.

Shows

White people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of Elijah Mohammed in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.

Past, White, People

Source: thefederalist.com

I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail.

Mean, Jail, Boxing

Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.

Boxing, Gold, New Friends

If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.

Money, House, Dollars

I don't see no black and white couples in England or America walking around proud holding their children and going out.

Couple, Children, Black And White

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

I got it made the rest of my life, financially and in every other way. There's nobody in the world like me. I'm getting out just in time. If I was twenty seven, I could still kick ass. I don't have to beat Holmes. Why? I raised him, he worked three years as a sparring partner for me.

Sparring Partner, Years, Twenties

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Inspirational, Heart, Giving

Twitter post from Aug 15, 2015

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