Muhammad Ali Quotes

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
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Explanation Friendship Learning School
The more we help others, the more we help ourselves.
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Each Other Help Inspirational Ourselves Positive
I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won’t hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.
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Believe Boxing Business Cat Dog Fight Hide Man Respect
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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Boxing Champion Motivational Skill Strong Willing
My main purpose is to pray five times a day. And that’s not easy.
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Easy Pray Purpose Religious
I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.
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Boxing Count Gymnastic Hurt Pain
Braggin’ is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.
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Attitude Boxing Person
The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier.
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Boxing Fight Rough Tough
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
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Earth Inspirational Rent Room Service
Home is the place you can go when you’re whipped.
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Home Place
What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.
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Attitude Character Inspirational One Liner Positive Thinking
Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.
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Commitment Generosity Hope Love Place Power Tolerance Understand World
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
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Believe Charity Expectation Generosity People
I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.
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Boxing Failure Greatness Motivational Victory Work Hard
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
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Business Gold Silence Thinking
My main fight is for freedom and equality.
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Black Lives Matter Equality Fight Freedom
If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.
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Boxing Bread Insult
I had it in my heart. I believed in myself, and I had confidence. I knew how to do it, had natural talent and I pursued it.
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Believe Confidence Heart Motivational Natural Pursue Talent
Tolerance and understanding won’t ‘trickle down’ in our society any more than wealth does.
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Society Tolerance Understand Wealth
Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer.
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Boxing God Greatness
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
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Bird Boxing Fly Grass Growth Job People Wave
How many push ups do you do? I don’t know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting.
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Count Gymnastic Hurt Motivational Start
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Bee Butterfly Float Inspirational One Liner String
The sun is always shining someplace.
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Inspirational Shine Sun
Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.
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Born Evening Inspirational Morning Quit Rise Sun Sunrise
I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.
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Gymnastic Motivational
There comes a time in every person’s life when he has to choose the course his life will take.
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Career Choose Course Life Reality Time

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