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 |  |  | #10964 |  | When he got in trouble in the ring, [Ali] imagined a door swung open and inside he could see neon, orange, and green lights blinking, and bats
 blowing trumpets and alligators blowing trombones, and he could hear snakes
 screaming.  Weird masks and actors' clothes hung on the wall, and if he
 stepped across the sill and reached for them, he knew that he was committing
 himself to destruction.
 -- George Plimpton
 
 |  |  |  | #10965 |  | When I'm gone, boxing will be nothing again.  The fans with the cigars and the hats turned down'll be there, but no more housewives and little men in
 the street and foreign presidents.  It's goin' to be back to the fighter who
 comes to town, smells a flower, visits a hospital, blows a horn and says
 he's in shape.  Old hat.  I was the onliest boxer in history people asked
 questions like a senator.
 -- Muhammad Ali
 
 |  |  |  | #10966 |  | When in doubt, lead trump. 
 |  |  |  | #10967 |  | Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything. 
 |  |  |  | #10968 |  | Winning isn't everything.  It's the only thing. -- Vince Lombardi
 
 |  |  |  | #10969 |  | Woman:      "Is Yoo-Hoo hyphenated?" Yogi Berra: "No, ma'am, its not even carbonated."
 
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