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Muhammad Ali
Age: 74 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 17
Died: 2016
Died: June 3
Activist
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Autobiographer
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Louisville
Kentucky
Cassius Clay
Cassius Marcellus Clay
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The Greatest
Frank
Told
Paterson
Whoop
Floyd
Sinatra

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Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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I can love freedom and the flesh and blood of my people moreso than I do the money.
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Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.
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During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.
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The most powerful military country in the world, America - which makes all the guns, all the machinery, all the bullets - taught us how to shoot the guns.
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All black Americans have slave names. They have white names names that the slave master has given to them.
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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 we get our own land and our own country in North America. When we separate from America and take maybe ten states, then we'll be free.
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When you come to the fight Don't block the halls and don't block the door, for y'all may go home after round four.
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I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.
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I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.
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Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem.
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I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.
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You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.
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We can't be brave without fear.
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Last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle.
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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 men kiss me. I love Rome.
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Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!
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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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I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.
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You made a big mistake by letting me come, because now I'm going after your job
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