It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

Hey, princess of Popsicles! Queen of curlicue cones.

Where there is love there is pain.

When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.

The heart is the only book worth reading.

No one will ever be the servant of the Son without serving the Mother.

All you got in life is your honor, man, your own self-image, your own self-respect. If you lose that, or if you give it away or if you sell it, then you ain't got it no more.

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What we think of as reality is a continuous synthesis of elements from a fixed hierarchy of a priori concepts and the ever changing data of the senses.

With complete consecration comes perfect peace.