Muhammad Ali Quotes

Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century.

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I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye- for- an- eye business. I’m no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won’t hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.
– Muhammad Ali

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There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.

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

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What keeps me going is goals.
– Muhammad Ali

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Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
– Muhammad Ali

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.
– Muhammad Ali

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I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet.
– Muhammad Ali (When asked about his Golf game)

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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.
– Muhammad Ali

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Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
– Muhammad Ali

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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.
– Muhammad Ali

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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.
– Muhammad Ali

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I know where I am going and I know the truth and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I am free to be what I want to be.
– Muhammad Ali

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It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
– Muhammad Ali

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Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
– Muhammad Ali

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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.
– Muhammad Ali

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If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.
– Muhammad Ali

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What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.
– Muhammad Ali

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

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

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Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
– Muhammad Ali

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We gon’ float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. AH! Rumble, young man rumble! AH!
– Muhammad Ali

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I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I’m the greatest thing that ever lived. I don’t have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty- two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I’m the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can’t be beat!
– Muhammad Ali

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You lose nothing when fighting for a cause … In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.
– Muhammad Ali

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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
– Muhammad Ali

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Whether it’s boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena…long before the lights come up.
– Muhammad Ali

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

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hand can’t hit, what the eye can’t see.
– Muhammad Ali

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Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.
– Muhammad Ali

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It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.
– Muhammad Ali

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

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
– Muhammad Ali

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Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.
– Muhammad Ali

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I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and I was in bed before the room was dark.
– Muhammad Ali

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I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
– Muhammad Ali

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