Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

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Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

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I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.

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There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

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It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.

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It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

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You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

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What you are thinking is what you are becoming.

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

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Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

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