If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

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You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

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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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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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Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

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Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.

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My toughest opponent has always been me.

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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

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The more we help others, the more we help ourselves

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If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.

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