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Jai Ganesh

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Clay Quotes - I

Clay Quotes -I

1. No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. - Plutarch

2. The whole earth is the tomb of heroic men and their story is not given only on stone over their clay but abides everywhere without visible symbol woven into the stuff of other men's lives. - Pericles

3. Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day. - Muhammad Ali

4. Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season. -
Rafael Nadal

5. I have always been an old-line Henry Clay Whig. - Abraham Lincoln

6. I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay. - Rafael Nadal

7. Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one. - Muhammad Ali

8. You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot. - Bjorn Borg.

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