When I was a kid I got mad ...

When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I\'m struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you can\'t get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because it\'s a boxing match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, who condemned my Islamic religion and didn\'t want to call me Muhammad Ali and said I should\'ve gone to the army and I should be in jail.
When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you can't get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because it's a boxing match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, who condemned my Islamic religion and didn't want to call me Muhammad Ali and said I should've gone to the army and I should be in jail.
 Muhammad Ali

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