Muhammad Ali Quotes About Sports
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No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
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Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.
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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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I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
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Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
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I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.
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I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.
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Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.
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I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
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You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.
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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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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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This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it.
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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
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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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Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
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I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages
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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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If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
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I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.
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I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have judges, we have ambulances there, the intention not to kill, we don't have steel there, we don't have bullets, we don't kill momma, kill daddy, kill baby, our intention is a sport, and we're not there to kill, so boxing cannot be compared in no way with machineguns and bombs and everything that used.
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It's not bragging if you can back it up.
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The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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