"I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion'."
— Muhammad Ali

January 1, 1970

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On training, as quoted by Pete Axthelm and Peter Bonventre in "Ali: Born Again!," Newsweek (25 September 1978)