"This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction."
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"At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far."
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"I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning."
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"There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you."
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"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
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"I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life."
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."
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"I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?""
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"It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
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"The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else."
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"Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali."
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"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."
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"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right."
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"A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police."
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"I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know."
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"What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life."
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"I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat."
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"Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall."
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"Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for fame; all this is doomed for destruction. You got it today, tomorrow it's gone. I got bigger things on my mind than that. I got Islam on my mind."
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