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Muhammad Ali Quotes

A list of Muhammad Ali quotes from the Greatest of all time and a major reason why the world still loves Muhammad Ali:

"I'll beat him so bad, he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on"

Ali before his first fight with Floyd Patterson who wanted to reclaim the title for America.

"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize, but get used to me. Black, confident, cocky - my name not yours. My religion, not yours. My goals, my own. Get used to me"

"Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong"

Ali on his reclassification as fit for Army service.

"No Viet Cong ever called me a nigger"

Ali's unrepentant answer to the fury caused by his earlier remarks.

"Clean out my cell and take my tail ..................... ..On the trail for the jail without bail ................... ..Because it's better in jail ................................. ..Watchin' television fed .................................... ..Than in Vietnam somewhere, dead"

On the choice between prison and joining the army.

"They maketh me fight out of this country. They leadeth me down the path of bad publicity. I shall be bewailed in the history of sport forever. The sports fan shall follow me all the days of my life "

On being forced to fight George Chuvalo in Canada as he was refused a license in the US.

"You have to give him credit. He put up a fight for one and a half rounds"

On beating Brian London by a knockout in round three.

"I'm the greatest. And i'm knocking out all the bums, And if you get too smart, I'll knock you out"

Speaking to a TV reporter who asked if Ali could physically keep his mouth shut.

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

"I figured that if I said enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest"

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