"Inside of a ring or out, ain't..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
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“I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill.”
“If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.”
“When I was 9, I saw a wrestler on television named Gorgeous George. He said, "I'm beautiful. I'm so pretty that if a sucker touches my face, I'll kill him. If he messes with my hair, I'll pummel him." I said to myself, "That's a good idea. I am the greatest, I'm pretty." And then I took it a little further than he did.”
More on Resilience
“If we must suffer, let us suffer nobly.”
“There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.”
“It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.”
More on Perseverance
“I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a kingI've been up and down and over and out and I know one thingEach time I find myself flat on my faceI pick myself up and get back in the race”
“What a joy it is that the road ahead is an uphill climb. For where it leads is all the way to the top.”
“Keep digging your well. Water is there somewhere.”