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If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.
Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.
Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.
I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'
When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.
The fighters who give it all will be around for next year. Give it all you've got. Don't save anything.
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.
If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.
Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.
When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.
I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness,' but a lot of fighters go overboard.
Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valour. He's a great man.
These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.
I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.
They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn't do anything unless you do it right.
I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.
You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it.
I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.
Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.