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Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.
Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.
Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.
Service to others is the rent which you pay for your room here on earth.
I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.
I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.
Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that read more
Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym and out there read more
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.
Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. read more
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. Rrelating boxing advice he received from Archie Moore on posturing before a fight.
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we read more
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time. Everyone who tel
