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Muhammad Ali Quotes - Page 22

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All I want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point. Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls. I'm through talking

All I want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point. Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls. I'm through talking

Girl, Nice, Boys

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

Sports, Fighting, Mirrors

Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on his opponent. Humiliated him. Joe had the heart of a lion but verbally he was out of his depth when Ali got going. One time, as fight day approached, Ali spotted Frazier on a hotel balcony, grabbed a security guard's gun and fired some rounds at him. Everybody knew it wasn't live ammo but it still startled the hell out of Joe.] Go back in your hole, Gorilla, You gonna scare the people! Come out again and I'm gonna kill ya before time!”

Heart, Fighting, Gun

I barely got out of school, I got out of school, mainly, because I was a champ, and I actually didn't pass. I won't name the teachers that put me through, but I want. If I was not a Muslim, or a follower of the Honorable Elijah Mohammed I couldn't talk to somebody for two minutes. I believe I can hold my own as an intelligent conversation, but it all come from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed.

Teacher, Believe, School

Source: thefederalist.com

I'm going to, not I'm gonna. Talk intelligent

Intelligent

Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me

Eye, Men, Hands

Twitter post from Jun 24, 2012

Who would have thought when they came to the fight? That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.

Fighting, Black, Satellites

"The Soul Of A Butterfly". Book by Book by Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, 2004.

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

Boxing, Champion, Heavyweights

I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted six days but I sung four songs and there were critics, seriously, in New York who said that my part was perfect. So I can beat Joe Frazier singing.

Song, New York, Play

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

Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.

Hate, Race, People

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

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

Revenge, Fighting, Worry

I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.

Running, Boxing, Pay

I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge, we cannot let this man go to Japan and fight, because they are anti-American.Now, if I want to leave the country, I know how to leave. Tomorrow. Quick. Easy. If I really want to leave. That's not the intention. The intention is to stop me from makin' a livin'. To punish me.

Country, Fighting, Men

Source: thefederalist.com

The same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children.The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, 'let's free my people now'.They're with me on one part of my beliefs about the war, that's all. Not for my freedom.

Children, War, People

Interview with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. June 5, 2016.

Oh! how the hours hasten to change into days, the days into months, the months into years, and those into life's annihilation!

Time, Years, Months

There live a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease Joe silently bore the stings. And then fought like gladiator in the ring.

Men, Rivals, Tease

"The Soul of a Butterfly". Book by Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, 2004.

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

Rome, Champion, Gold

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

Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem.

Struggle, Pride, Dope

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

Life is like a ship. There's people dancing on a ship.There's a lot of money on the ship, but I cannot integrate on the ship or get equality on the ship.And I never could. I'm just in the galley working and I never could get up to see the captain of the ship.

Dancing, People, Life Is Like

"Watch - and read the full transcript - of Muhammad Ali's legendary interview with Michael Parkinson". Interview with Vicki Grimshaw, www.mirror.co.uk. June 6, 2016.

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