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This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it.

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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
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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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There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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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 did for boxing, it will be all right.
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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. We are superior by nature. The black or white woman needn't worry in life because the world is ruled by the white man.
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I can't believe some of the things I did.Can't believe it. Sayin' I was the greatest and the beautifulist and I was gonna whup this guy and that guy, sayin' I'm pretty, I can't be beat.
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You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby.
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Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.
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If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.
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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 in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.
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It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical.
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