Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali /ɑːˈliː/was an American Olympic and professional boxer and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. From early in his career, Ali was known as an inspiring, controversial and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth17 January 1942
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.
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I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
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I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.
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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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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
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Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.
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It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
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If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.
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I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.'
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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.
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It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality.