My toughest fight was with my first wife.


Muhammad Ali

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I hate you. You beat Muhammad Ali.
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My first wife was a theater person.
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First thing was to give my wife a big hug.
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For me and my wife, it was love at first sight.
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He lent a lot more (to the Houston sports scene) than you could imagine, ... because he was always s...
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The America night. It was better because I was with my wife. How can you beat that? ... Listening to...
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We fought in 1974 - that was a long time ago. After 1981, we became the best of friends. By 1984, we...
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Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Mu...
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We fight in order to feel loved. That's why your honor, I beat my wife half to death.
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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.
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My interest is really in playing with my wife.
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This is my toughest time but the greatest.
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He [Tyrell Biggs] was screaming like my wife.
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Yeah, Dundee was great. It was a great film. I fell in love with my Mexican wife on Dundee.
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I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
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I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
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The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.
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I don't have to be what you want me to be.
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I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.
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My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
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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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It's not bragging if you can back it up.
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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 figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
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I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.
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God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is.
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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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Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.
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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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Don't count the days, make the days count.
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Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.
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Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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I'm a baaaadd man!!
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
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I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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My principles are more important than the money or my title.
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I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.
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Old age is just a record of one's whole 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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The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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Superman don't need no seat belt.
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If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It...
MUHAMMAD ALI
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on th...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game].
MUHAMMAD ALI
Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no...
MUHAMMAD ALI
If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of hi...
MUHAMMAD ALI
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there on t...
MUHAMMAD ALI
We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep convic...
MUHAMMAD ALI
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...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your lif...
MUHAMMAD ALI
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
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I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
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one of the greatest athletes of all time.
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If a matter has been ruled on or issued by a decree and later is the object of doubt in the minds of...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.
MUHAMMAD ALI
This may shockan amasia but I'm gonna beat Joe Frazier.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The one without dreams is the one without wings.
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Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing...
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I have not lost [Allah's] hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the...
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I'm so pretty I even smell pretty.
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a fierce fighter and a man of peace.
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And if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe fighting beside me.
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This relationship will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will unde...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm always confident. My image is being confident. Why you trying to make it look like something new...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams Ñ they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just ...
MUHAMMAD ALI
You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.
MUHAMMAD ALI
War on nations change maps. War on poverty maps change.
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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...
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I want to get out with my greatness intact.
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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 ve...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.
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All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my str...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My face is so pretty, you don't see a scar, which proves I'm the king of the ring by far.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Champions aren´t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his lif...
MUHAMMAD ALI
You don't want no pie in the sky when you die,/ You want something here on the ground while you're s...
MUHAMMAD ALI
[Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali pour...
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A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen t...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
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Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception d...
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