"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"
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"I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was."
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"Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again."
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"We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn't matter whether you're a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can't love only some of his children."
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"Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back."
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"Don't count the days, make the days count."
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"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."
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"Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step."
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"You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down."
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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
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"If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love."
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"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it."
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"If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years."
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"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
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"When you're right, nobody remembers. When you're wrong, nobody forgets."
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"What you are thinking is what you are becoming."
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"Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
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"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are."
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"Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths."
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"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
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