The world is mourning the passing of Muhammad Ali. My earliest memories of him go back to his fights with Sonny Liston, where he won the Heavyweight title and rejoiced in declaring "I am the greatest" for the first time. This really did come to pass! Here are some of his most famous quotations . . .
Muhammad
Ali In His Own Words: Six of His Best Quotes to Live By
by Jeff Johnson via
msnbc.com
In an age where sports
fans want their heroes to be more than just athletes, nobody has a legacy like
Muhammad Ali.
Any press conference or
statement he released was must watch, must listen. His gift for gab left
reporters salivating and admirers invigorated with the same energy with which
he spoke.
The
sportsman's dialogue - he once declared "I'm so bad I make medicine
sick!" - left a lasting impression on American pop culture, politics,
sports, and race relations. Here are six gems to remember him by.
Ali spoke with introspection after losing to Ken Norton
in 1973, despite 5-1 odds in his favor:
1. "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."
While Ali boasted on his accomplishments in the ring he
felt the burden of carrying the hopes and dreams of Black America on his
shoulders. In the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings," Ali mentions
embraces this responsibility:
2. "I'm gonna fight for the prestige, not for me,
but to uplift my little brothers who are sleeping on concrete floors today in
America. Black people who are living on welfare, black people who can't eat,
black people who don't know no knowledge of themselves, black people who don't
have no future."
3. "Stay in College, get the knowledge, stay there
until you are through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can
sure make something of you!"
The gamble that is human life:
4. "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."
The ability to dream and the consequences for the
dreamless:
5. "The man who has no imagination has no
wings."
And believing in oneself:
6. "It's the repetition of affirmations that leads
to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to
happen."
Muhammed Ali may have left this world, but his legacy,
and poignant words of wisdom will live on forever.
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