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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.


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MUHAMMAD ALI Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating...
MUHAMMAD ALI I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That&#...
MUHAMMAD ALI I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before...
MUHAMMAD ALI I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
MUHAMMAD ALI My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
MUHAMMAD ALI It's not bragging if you can back it up.
MUHAMMAD ALI Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
MUHAMMAD ALI All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens yo...
LAILA ALI Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows...
LAILA ALI People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of t...
LAILA ALI My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such a...
LAILA ALI I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a ...
LAILA ALI I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
LAILA ALI I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste...
LAILA ALI My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I ...
LAILA ALI I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
LAILA ALI I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'...
LAILA ALI I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ...
LAILA ALI I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because...
LAILA ALI I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap va...
LAILA ALI Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
LAILA ALI People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If...
LAILA ALI I like to play by my own rules.
LAILA ALI My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated...
LAILA ALI You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
LAILA ALI While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind w...
LAILA ALI I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and ma...
LAILA ALI I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wante...
LAILA ALI I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
LAILA ALI I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playin...
NADIA ALI I love music in general. It's like girls and their clothes and shoes; when you love shoes, you l...
NADIA ALI