Quotes by Muhammad Ali
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.
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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.
My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.
Where do you think I'd be next week if I didn't know how to shout and holler and make the public take notice? I'd be poor and I'd probably be down in my home town, washing windows or running an elevator and saying
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I
We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Whereas the degrees of rationality vary and some minds are distinguished over others, these clerks, if not convinced of what the Pasha has given them, must turn to their associates with the problem, and if all see an excess or shortcoming in the matter, then they should turn to the Pasha and present the requisite information.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnessesbehind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble
I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.
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.
What keeps me going is goals.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
Me, we. (Supposedly the shortest quote in the English language delivered at a Harvard graduation.)
