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" Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome. "

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" I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beautiful. I'm fast. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. I can't possibly be beat. "

" I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free. "

" Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you. "

" I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. "

" I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others. "

" I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. "

" The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. "

" There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. "

" No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters. "

" I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest! "

" If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. "

" Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. "

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" America is the greatest country in the world. "

" I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. "

" I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington. "

" He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. "

" Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. "

" I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.' "

" It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. "

" My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. "

" I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. "

" Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. "

" White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing. "

" It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. "

" 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. "

" The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ. "

" No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room. "

" I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. "

" I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK. "