Muhammad Ali Quotes

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

What keeps me going is goals.

God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

We can't be brave without fear.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

Superman don't need no seat belt.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a << racial epithet >>.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.