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Wrestling Quotes by Muhammad Ali

76 Wrestling quotes by Muhammad Ali

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A boxer who dances in the ring talks about how his flamboyant persona sold tickets and helped his career. He says boxing was the road that let him succeed in life and that his talent showed up as early as twelve. He also jokes about being the greatest while respecting legends like Joe Louis.

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When my title was taken away boxing died.

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I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches

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You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

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Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it

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I'm The Greatest, but only in relation to fighting.

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

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The world’s champ should be pretty like me!

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The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier

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What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

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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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It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

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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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There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

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If the boxers are a little more colorful, talk a little like I did and just do half as much as I…

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I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.

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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'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to…

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In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked…

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Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice…

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I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be…

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Floyd Paterson? Boy, he's the complete opposite to me. He no way like me. They go down in history for just being…

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Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was…

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Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh…

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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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When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm…

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I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have…

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I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success…

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Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on…

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“This is the legend of Cassius Clay, The most beautiful fighter in the world today. He talks a great deal, and brags…

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If God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me.

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I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.

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Joe Frazier got hit more than me - and he doesn't have Parkinson's.

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A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em

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I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven

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Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

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I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.

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I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down…

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My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know…

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If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

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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.