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When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.


Muhammad Ali

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It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
MUHAMMAD ALI It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
MUHAMMAD ALI This is too much reality for a Friday.
AS GOOD AS IT GETS Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be.
JEFFREY FRY I hate you. You beat Muhammad Ali.
LARRY HOLMES It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is...
ST. BERNARD It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is...
SAINT BERNARD It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is...
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CHARLES TILLMAN When he's good, I call him 'Al-ley,' like Muhammad Ali,
ANGEL JR. When he's good, I call him 'Al-ley,' like Muhammad Ali,
ANGEL CORDERO JR. Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
IMAM ALI (AS) Don't be humble... you're not that great.
GOLDA MEIR It’s not bragging if you can back it up,” I whisper to myself in the shower every morning. That ...
SHONDA RHIMES Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.
CONOR MCGREGOR No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up. Some mountains are higher than others, some ...
MUHAMMAD ALI I want to be like a Muhammad Ali, like a Julio Cesar Chavez. So when people talk about boxing, they ...
CANELO ALVAREZ I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS Had I but written as many odes in praise of Muhammad and Ali as I have composed for King Mahmud, th...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Would it be fun to watch Muhammad Ali box Muhammad Ali? Would it be fun to watch 10 Michael Jordans ...
DAN ROSENBERG Muhammad Ali turns 70, I turn 50. Damn...when he was knocking people's socks off, I was learning to ...
MANJUNAN GNANARATNAM Muhammad Ali - he was a magnificent fighter and he was an icon... Every head must bow, every knee mu...
DON KING And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different...
CRAIG GROESCHEL His great trick was making the game simple, supplying players with the confidence and self-belief of...
JOHN MCGOVERN I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
HOWARD COSELL I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame
VENES And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ...
CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as wel...
JIM BROWN Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.
MAHESH BABU Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO ...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.
WOODROW WILSON Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valou...
GEORGE FOREMAN That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he d...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I did a bit of boxing when younger. Once I was joined by Muhammad Ali as my co-commentator. I've...
JOHN MOTSON It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.
WOODROW WILSON When I'm onstage they know I'm honest, and I try to be as humble as I can.
CHUBBY CHECKER Be yourself. Who cares? You do. It matters to no one. It matters to you. You are not perfect. Neithe...
NANA ADJOA SAAM IRENE NYAME YE AGGREY-FYNN Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And tune his merry note,
Unto the ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be har...
TALIB KWELI I was leery, skeptical, but the more I thought about it, the title says 'world' champion, ... What m...
LAMON BREWSTER Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you
VENES In the old days, when Muhammad Ali was fighting Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman, there wa...
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he d...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Everybody in my generation loved Muhammad Ali. What a horrid task to have to take on.
JIM LAMPLEY Initially I wanted to be Muhammad Ali. But then I got into a fight and I got my butt kicked, so I fi...
BABYFACE Initially I wanted to be Muhammad Ali. But then I got into a fight and I got my butt kicked, so I fi...
BABYFACE Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am; But as good as you are, a...
OLD SCOTCH SAYING All of our jackets for NASCAR, major league baseball, the NBA, are licensed. We even made a jacket f...
CRAIG GIBSON I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes m...
LEA MICHELE To criticize the prophet Muhammad is as direct an attack as mocking or attacking the Koran, which is...
JOHN ESPOSITO Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. The...
OLIVER REED Right now, there's nobody out there to turn people on, ... This is the disease of Muhammad Ali ... W...
ANGELO DUNDEE We fought in 1974 - that was a long time ago. After 1981, we became the best of friends. By 1984, we...
GEORGE FOREMAN A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma.
JOYCE MEYER Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE You must be humble, as it is one of the greatest [forms of] worship.
HAZRAT ALI IBN ABU-TALIB A.S What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.
FRANK LAMPARD I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as ...
SHABAZZ MUHAMMAD Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.
DICK SCHAAP Don't be so humble - you are not that great.
GOLDA MEIR Don't be so humble--you are not that great.
LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") The crowds are going to be more than enough to present a challenge for the police and everybody else...
RUDY GIULIANI Daniel Boulud told me at a young age, 'Whatever happens to you in your career, you're going ...
JOHNNY IUZZINI I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto ...
CANELO ALVAREZ if something is hard to achieve, then work as twice as hard as it, then you will be successful twice...
ANON QUOTER O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! And yet again wonderful, and after that, out o...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I was too young that time to value her,
But now I know her. If she be a traitor,
Why, so ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as t...
HELEN KELLER When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I have always admired you You are so great. I hope to see you as soon as I am back to Argentina. We'...
GUILLERMO CORIA As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
N. SCOTT MOMADAY The experiment of poetry, as far as I am concerned, happens when the poem carries you beyond where y...
SEAMUS HEANEY People see what they want to see
SUSAN BETH PFEFFER There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars...
NICHOLAI VELIMIROVIC Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.'
REINHOLD NIEBUHR My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do:...
SAMUEL JOHNSON I am not as smart as I would like you to think I am, I am only as smart as you allow me to be...
ERIC CAMERON GIFFORD My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show th...
LENNIE JAMES Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to r...
GERRY COONEY I am an average good Christian, when you don't push my Christianity too far. And all the rest of you...
WILKIE COLLINS Ignite is definitely still in humble beginnings. We are completely student-led, and we're all volunt...
KATHERINE KLEM ... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t...
DEYTH BANGER Are you able to remain humble and kind when things do not go the way you want or expect? Be kind whe...
ALARIC HUTCHINSON I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters a...
ANDREA BOCELLI You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Mu...
HOLLY HOLM Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Never underestimate the audacity of hope (made Obama a President and Nelson Mandela a legend); never...
FAISAL KHOSA Both state championships are something I have really worked hard for. This is a great feeling. It's ...
DANIEL MURNER As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
VINCE MCMAHON Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa 1968.
SANDRA BERNHARD JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name?

ORLANDO: Yes, just.

JAQUES: I do not lik...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Here comes Monseiur Le Beau.
Rosalind: With his mouth full of news.
Celia: Which he will p...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What's it like finding out Denzel Washington wants you to direct his next movie? It's like g...
ANTOINE FUQUA Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamis...
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MUHAMMAD ALI It's not bragging if you can back it up.
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MUHAMMAD ALI I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.
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MUHAMMAD ALI Don't count the days, make the days count.
MUHAMMAD ALI Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.
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MUHAMMAD ALI I'm a baaaadd man!!
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MUHAMMAD ALI He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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MUHAMMAD ALI I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
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MUHAMMAD ALI Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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MUHAMMAD ALI Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in place...
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MUHAMMAD ALI I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.
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MUHAMMAD ALI Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
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MUHAMMAD ALI The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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MUHAMMAD ALI If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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MUHAMMAD ALI It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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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.
MUHAMMAD ALI I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
MUHAMMAD ALI one of the greatest athletes of all time.
MUHAMMAD ALI 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.
MUHAMMAD ALI Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing...
MUHAMMAD ALI I have not lost [Allah's] hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the...
MUHAMMAD ALI I'm so pretty I even smell pretty.
MUHAMMAD ALI a fierce fighter and a man of peace.
MUHAMMAD ALI And if God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe fighting beside me.
MUHAMMAD ALI 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.
MUHAMMAD ALI Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car...
MUHAMMAD ALI I want to get out with my greatness intact.
MUHAMMAD ALI 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.
MUHAMMAD ALI 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.
MUHAMMAD ALI 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...
MUHAMMAD ALI 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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