"I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"
-Muhammad Ali
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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.“
-Muhammad Ali
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"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
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"Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change."
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"The man who has no imagination has no wings."
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"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
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"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."
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