"MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world."
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"Recently I donated money to the establishment of the Muhammad Ali Foundation in Louisville. I regard that as a kind of payback. He smoothed the way for us. He wasnt just a great person who had conviction, but made the sport of boxing great. He was the first superstar, he made our stock rise. Without him we wouldnt have earned so much. Americans from every walk of life have contributed to the foundation: Bill Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt. Unfortunately I was the only American athlete to make a donation. Theres not enough respect in our business."
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"Boxing is always serious. Nothing comical or funny about boxing."
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"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze."
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"Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!"
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"They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse."
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"I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die."
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"Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish"
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"I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali."
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"I shook up the world."
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"Some gems for the greatest of them all"
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"Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away."
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"There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie."
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"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor."
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"I've always wanted to do a boxing movie."
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"Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world."
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"Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning."
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"Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost."
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"My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm."
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"I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad"
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