"During my boxing career, you did not..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali
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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“Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.”
“I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.”
“People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.”
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“There is not enough self-consciousness about what a family can be, about what it can inherit from forbearers, and what new traditions it can start as a contributor to the community.”
“Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins.”
“It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances.”
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“What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?”
“If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money.”
“I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.”