You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby.
Muhammad AliRead
Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions
Interpretation
Once you make a decision, commit to it without doubt or regret.
Muhammad Ali's quote emphasizes the importance of confidence and commitment in decision-making. Once a choice is made, dwelling on it or questioning oneself can lead to uncertainty and hinder progress. The quote encourages individuals to trust their judgment and move forward with determination, rather than being paralyzed by second-guessing.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing career goals.
You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I'm gonna whip you till you cry like a baby.
I've got it! I've got it! It'll make front-page headlines around the world. You can have me kidnapped, and then a couple of days before the fight I'll show up again
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn't matter whether you're a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can't love only some of his children.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.
Affirmations don't make something happen; they make something welcome.
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Rallying is a sport in which accidents do happen. You have to respect the conditions you face.
The number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure.
If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing.
Recognizing that the power of will is the supreme court over all other departments of my mind, I will exercise daily when I need the urge to act for any purpose; and I will form habits designed to bring the power of my will into action at least once daily.
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