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“You are my opposer when I want freedom. You are my opposer when I want justice. You are my opposer when I want equality. You won't even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs, and you want me to go somewhere and fight — but you won't even stand up for me here at home!”

— Muhammad Ali, Debate over the Vietnam Draft

“My father raised us well. He made sure we were surrounded by good people, taught us to always confront the things we feared, and to try to be the best at whatever we did.”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“My father raised us well. He made sure we were surrounded by good people, taught us to always confront the things we feared, and to try to be the best at whatever we did.”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“All through my life I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested. Every step of the way I believe that God has been with me. And, more than ever, I know that he is with me now. I have learned to l…”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”

— Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly

“We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning to make a life.”

— Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“One day I won’t be around to answer people’s questions, or advise young aspiring athletes. What I want to say is for the people whom I’ve never met. It is for the boys and girls whose hands I will never hold. It is for the champions to come. These comments are for every spirit on the downside of adv…”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“One day I won’t be around to answer people’s questions, or advise young aspiring athletes. What I want to say is for the people whom I’ve never met. It is for the boys and girls whose hands I will never hold. It is for the champions to come. These comments are for every spirit on the downside of adv…”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

— Muhammad Ali, On Life and Changing

“They want something from me. Something more. Some word or comment. But I’m too tired. Besides, I already told them. And I already told you. Didn’t you hear me? I said I was The Greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, The Greatest: My Own Story

“[When a restaurant refused to serve him at his local hometown because of skin color.] You all know me. I was born in General Hospital, only a block away. I was raised here. I went to Central High. And now I’ve brought back an Olympic Gold Medal for all the people of Louisville. I fought for the glor…”

— Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, The Greatest: My Own Story

“It’s part of the pride of a truly professional fighter not to indulge himself, not to be caught dead or alive in a free-for-all.”

— Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, The Greatest: My Own Story

“My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mo…”

— Muhammad Ali, Regarding the Vietnam War and the draft

“It's important for men, especially in a hyper-masculine culture that breeds so many assholes, to stand up and challenge the values that have been passed down to us. This is not just a woman's problem.”

— Deandre Levy, Man Up

“It’s the reaction of most of White America. I’m used to having half the audience come to see me get beat, regardless of who my opponent is. I’ve denied them this day for a long time, and now that it’s here, they’re making the most of it.”

— Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, The Greatest: My Own Story

“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”

— Muhammad Ali, en.wikipedia.org

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

— Muhammad Ali, en.wikipedia.org

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

— Muhammad Ali, en.wikipedia.org

“After a few hours of this, they let me shower. I stood there examining my body beneath the stream of water and decided, I don’t want my body anymore. I was terrified of it, I didn’t know what had been in it, if it had been contaminated, who had touched it. I wanted to take off my body like a jacket…”

— Anonymous (transcribed by Katie J.M. Baker), Here's The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker

“But I don’t remember, so how do I prove I didn’t like it.”

— Anonymous (transcribed by Katie J.M. Baker), Here's The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker