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Boxing4 quotes
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! — Muhammad Ali · 1964Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. — Muhammad Ali · 1963I have wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, I woulda handcuffed lightnin', throw thunder in jail. — Muhammad Ali · 1974It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. — Muhammad Ali · 1977Africa1 quote
Yeah, Africa's my home. Damn America and what America thinks. Yeah, I live in America; but, Africa's the home of the black man. And I was a slave 400 years ago and I'm going back home to fight among my brothers. Yeah! — Muhammad Ali · 1996Black identity1 quote
Yeah, Africa's my home. Damn America and what America thinks. Yeah, I live in America; but, Africa's the home of the black man. And I was a slave 400 years ago and I'm going back home to fight among my brothers. Yeah! — Muhammad Ali · 1996Enlightenment1 quote
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing. — Muhammad Ali · 1964Greatness1 quote
It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am. — Muhammad Ali · 1974Humility1 quote
It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am. — Muhammad Ali · 1974Ignorance1 quote
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing. — Muhammad Ali · 1964Race relations1 quote
Yeah, Africa's my home. Damn America and what America thinks. Yeah, I live in America; but, Africa's the home of the black man. And I was a slave 400 years ago and I'm going back home to fight among my brothers. Yeah! — Muhammad Ali · 1996Self-assurance1 quote
Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. — Muhammad Ali · 1963Speed1 quote
Bad, fast! Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch, and was in the bed before the room was dark. — Muhammad Ali · 1996Speed and quickness1 quote
Fast, fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch was in the bed before the room was dark. — Muhammad Ali · 1974Vietnam War1 quote
I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong. — Muhammad Ali · 1967Vocation1 quote
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. — Muhammad Ali · 1977