I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
From Muhammad Ali
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.
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.
I don't have to be what you want me to be.
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beautiful. I'm fast. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. I can't possibly be beat.
Don't feel sorry for me.
I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
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