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Men Quotes by Muhammad Ali

73 Men quotes by Muhammad Ali

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Champions come and go, but heart matters more than any other skill. The quotes say you can be the best at any job, whether it’s a garbage man or a model, and still be legendary. They also speak about power, meanness, and keeping promises when you have authority.

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I want to be the first black man on the moon

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The worst man is the one who sees himself as the best.

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I am the king of the world. I'm a man's man.

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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.

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The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.

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I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived

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A man who views the world the same...

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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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Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me

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I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set…

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Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.

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God will not place a burden on a man's shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.

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When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

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You can't take no Chinese man and give him no Puerto Rican woman and talking like they're in love and emotionally in…

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If the white man ain't the devil, he's been aiming at the history of the Americans.

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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been…

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When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which…

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I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that…

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People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never…

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Black people in America will never be free so long as they're on the white man's land. We can't be free until…

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Women are not equal with men, that's sure. When the woman is in danger she always looks to the man for help.…

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That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for…

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If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and…

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For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had…

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I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge,…

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I'm the king of the world, I am the greatest, I'm Muhammed Ali, I shook up the world, I am the greatest,…

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I'd like to say that Muslims are never in violence with white people. It's the black man who love you. See, you…

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I make predictions about what I'm going to do before a fight, that makes me nervous because I've gotten so good at…

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We are not Black Muslims we are Muslims. You see, you have Catholics. You have Chinese Catholics, you have Indian Catholics, you…

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I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair…

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The Prophet introduced a system of prayer in that it was interwoven into man's daily work: a prayer in the morning when…

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I just felt the power and the meanness of the man I was messing with.

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A man with no imaginations has no wings.

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I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!

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Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.

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Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the…

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I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.

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I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

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The man of least capacity is the one who shows himself incapable of self-correction.

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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

There ain't no such thing as black Muslims. That's how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world…

I've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts.…

I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called…

Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah…

I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my…

Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for…

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead black man,…

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and get killed…

If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.