That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right.Comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round (July 1971).Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it. About Ernie Terrell before their February 1967 boxing match, as quoted in Ali: The Official Portrait of "The Greatest" of All Time (2013) By Nancy J.Now I'm not sayin' just to be funny, but I'm fightin' Ernie because he needs the money. He thinks that he's the real heavy weight champīut when he meets me, he'll just be a tramp He's going around saying that he's a championship-fighter,īut when he meets me he fall 20 pound lighter. I think Terrell will catch hell at the sound of the bell.Before his fight with Archie Moore (1962), as quoted in "Muhammad Ali was also great for civil rights" by Mark Wiedmer, in Times Free Press (17 January 2012).'Cause you'll all go home after round four. When you come to the fight don't block the door. Archie's been living off the fat of the land.The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. Quotes Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
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