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Muhammad Ali Quotes about Boxing - Page 3

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On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a

On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting.

Fighting, Boxing, Mad

Source: www.alex-haley.com

I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.

Race, Boxing, Heavyweights

I just give lip service to being the greatest. He was the greatest.

Boxing, Giving, Lips

You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby.

Baby, Kids, Boxing

Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham (2015). “The Greatest: My Own Story”, p.364, Graymalkin Media

I've got it! I've got it! It'll make front-page headlines around the world. You can have me kidnapped, and then a couple of days before the fight I'll show up again

Couple, Fighting, Boxing

If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.

Fighting, Differences, Boxing

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.

Real, Careers, Boxing

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jun 11, 2014

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

Mean, Boxing, Really Mean

"Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight.

Fighting, Men, Boxing

So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss. I don't want to say no whole lot about it.

Army, Boxing, Decision

I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.

Boxing, Wipe, Saws

I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood.

Blood, Boxing, Looks

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

Boxing, Said, Great Boxing

Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham (2015). “The Greatest: My Own Story”, p.116, Graymalkin Media

But when I looked at a lot of the questions they had on them army tests, I just didn't know the answers. I don't even know how to start after finding the answers. That's all.

Army, Boxing, Answers

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

Boxing, Brain, Boxers

"Oprah Talks to Muhammad Ali". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2001.

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.

Sports, Boxing, Trying

"Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

That computer was made in Alabama

Boxing, Alabama, Computer

"Ali vs. Marciano: Who wins?". "The Enterprise" Article, www.enterprisenews.com. September 1, 2009.

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

Boxing, Champion, Heavyweights

I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.

Running, Boxing, Pay

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