A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
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Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.
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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
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Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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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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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
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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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I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
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I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!
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I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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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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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.
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I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.
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I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
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I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
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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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I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.
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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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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
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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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It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
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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.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
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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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Only the nose knows, Where the nose goes, When the door close.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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Superman don't need no seat belt.
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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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The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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What keeps me going is goals.
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When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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