I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. Just as religions do - they all contain truths. Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” -Muhammad Ali I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit.
If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it. I think all people should know the truth, come to recognize the truth. I wouldn’t be here representing Islam if it were terrorist. People recognize me for being a boxer and a man of truth. God gave me this illness to remind me that I’m not number One he is. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. Comment to a flight attendant, who replied: “Superman don’t need no airplane, either.” -Muhammad Ali