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Muhammad Ali Quotes - Page 8

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My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time

My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time

Children, Pox, Mama

Twitter post from Aug 31, 2010

I'm going to show you how great I am!

Shows

"Nightly Business Report" with Tyler Mathisen and Sue Herera, nbr.com. June 6, 2016.

I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.

Girl, Boxing, Heaven

The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.

Careers, Boxing, World

Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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

Sports, Fighting, Greatness

Twitter post from Feb 01, 2011

Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but she always was white.And Miss World was always white, and Miss Universe was always white.And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake.I said, 'Momma, why is everything white?' I always wondered. And the President lived in the White House.

Beautiful, Angel, Cake

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

Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.

Body, Pearls, Sacred

I've never really resented hard work because I've always liked it. Up every morning for roadwork. Going to the gymnasium every day at 12 o'clock. I never change my pattern.

Morning, Hard Work, Patterns

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.

Believe, People, Church

Hell no / I ain't going to go / Clean out my cell / And take my tail / To jail / Without bail / Because it's better there eating / Watching television fed / Than in Vietnam with your white folks dead.

Cells, White, Jail

Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.

Names, People, Islam

Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.

Beautiful, Ocean, Hard Work

Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight

Fighting, Get Up, Sucker

Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!

Heavyweights, Underwater, World

Twitter post from Feb 16, 2011

No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman.

Please Me, Black, Earth

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

Some people have special resources inside, and when God blesses you to have more than others, you have a responsibility to use it right

Responsibility, People, Special

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 06, 2014

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.

Boxers

"Muhammad Ali & Young Muslims". Interview with Shaheen Ahmed and Abdul Malik Mujahid for "Young Muslim" Magazine, www.soundvision.com.

There ain't no such thing as black Muslims. That's how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world and divide us in America and make other Muslims think that we are not with them.We are all the same. I recognise them and they recognise me. I'm invited to all of their homes all over the world and I'm invited to Muslim countries.

Country, Brother, Home

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

In America they got two policemen, five policemen and one car watching each other, each has got a pistol, one has got a machine gun, one' got a shotgun and two dogs growling at each other.

Dog, Gun, Two

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

I said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man in China, every man in Japan, every man in Europe - every man in the whole world'.It sounds big, didn't it? So I kept working until I did it.

Men, Russia, Japan

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

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.

Men, Ordinary, Talent

The only way for peace between the races is a separation of the races.

Race, Way, Separation

Source: www.alex-haley.com

Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.

Struggle, Kentucky, Next Week

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

I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

Motivational, Hurt, Thinking

Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

Parkinson's is my toughest fight. No, it doesn't hurt. It's hard to explain. I'm being tested to see if I'll keep praying, to see if I'll keep my faith. All great people are tested by God.

Hurt, Fighting, People

"Muhammad Ali: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2012.

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