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“Frank kept swinging like a lumberjack trying to knock down a tree but I kept standing, kept sticking, kept moving like a mighty wind till the final bell rang and the judges unanimously called out my name for the win.” (Becoming Muhammad Ali Quotes)
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“Grades don’t make the man, the man makes the grade.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“I remember everything. You probably would have too. That night was a piece of American history.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“I vowed to never let anyone put a mark on my pretty face again.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“I Want to Be Rich I said to Rudy as we lay in the backyard under the stars talking to the chicken and each other about being famous one day like Chuck Berry, that way they’d have to let us in their amusement park. But, since neither one of us could sing or dance, and we both loved to slap-box, we figured maybe we could be rich like Joe Louis instead, buy the darn park, and build the first American Cadillac roller coaster, candy-apple red, so that any kid could get into Clay Park and ride the rides.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“Like for them to say, he took a few cups of love, he took one tablespoon of patience, one teaspoon of generosity, one pint of kindness. He took one quart of laughter, one pinch of concern, and then he mixed willingness with happiness, he added lots of faith, and he stirred it up well. Then he spread it over a span of a lifetime, and he served it to each and every deserving person he met.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“My first knockout punch came at the age of one, when I accidentally hit my beautiful momma in the mouth and knocked her front tooth clean out.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“She Says the Day I Was Born, my head was too big to come out on its own, so the doctors yanked me with some sharp tongs that left a small, square bruise on my cheek.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“THE MAN TO BEAT ME AIN’T BEEN BORN YET.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“The Next Few Years I fought like a gladiator ate like a champ lit up contenders in the ring like a lamp.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“We had a goldfish pond that I watched Daddy build, plus a vegetable garden with snap beans that I loved to peel, and onions that I loved to eat, raw.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“We traded punches / like baseball cards. / Him, a wild mustang. / Me, a Louisville slugger.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
“You know, a lot of people sacrificed for you to be exceptional, Cassius. If you’re gonna be the greatest, best to start acting like it.”
James Patterson & Kwame Alexander
Becoming Muhammad Ali
