Muhammed Ali's greatest quotes

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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. It's just a job. grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I just beat people up. I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger - explaining why he refused to be drafted into the US army during the Vietnam war in 1967. I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. The man who has no imagination has no wings. Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it, and I didn't want it. I am Muhammed Ali, a free name - It means beloved of God - and I insist people use it when speaking to me and of me. What's my name fool? What's my name? What Ali kept yelling while winning a 1967 decision against Ernie Terrell, who had insisted on calling him Cassius Clay. I wish people would love everybody else, the way they love me. It would be a better world. I don't have to be what you want me to be, I'm free to be who I want - after beating Liston to become world heavyweight champ. God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One - he is - Ali on his Parkinson disease.

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