I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.
Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of prejudice, outrun the people who surrender to failure, and outrun the opponent who loses sight of the goal. Because if you want to win, the will can never retire, the race can never stop, and faith can never weaken.
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.
It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.
In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.
Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.
If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.
We black people, as a whole, are at war we'll say with the white power structure. Not physically, but we have definite protests to win the battle.
My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.
I have more fans and more followers and more supporters. Because the people who actually saw the Joe Frazier Muhammad Ali fight, they saw me win at least nine rounds - the people who know boxing.
I'm not going to be that kind of a fighter. I'm going to dance and be pretty. I'm just going to win on points.And if I hurt my man I'm going to let him go and I'm not going to kill him just because somebody's watching.
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