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If you are not the best, then pretend you are

Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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Boxer
Professional Boxer
Louisville
Kentucky
Cassius Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Jr.
The Greatest
Pretend
Best

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I'm not going to be that kind of a fighter. I'm going to dance and be pretty. I'm just going to win on points.And if I hurt my man I'm going to let him go and I'm not going to kill him just because somebody's watching.
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Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they keep hollering I'm full of hate. But they don't really hurt me none, 'cause I'm doing good and having fun.
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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 a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.
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Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.
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Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.
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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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I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived
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The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month?
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Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.
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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.
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I am the king of the world. I'm a man's man.
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Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.
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If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
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If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.
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I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky my name, not yours my religion, not yours my goals, my own get used to me.
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