I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.
From Muhammad Ali
Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.
My toughest fight was with my first wife.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.
To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.'
Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.
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