1 – “My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother or some darker people or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America.” – Muhammad Ali
2 – “To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” – Muhammad Ali
3 – “Look at me. Look at my nose, perfect shape; lips, face. Now I’m not boasting, but it’s hard to be humble when you’re as pretty as I am.” – Muhammad Ali
4 – “Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.” – Muhammad Ali
5 – “I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world.” – Muhammad Ali
6 – “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali
7 – “A man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali
8 – “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
9 – “All I can do is fight for truth and justice. I can’t save anybody. He’s a science fiction character, and I’m a real character.” – Muhammad Ali
10 – “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand 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?” – Muhammad Ali
11 – “What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.” – Muhammad Ali
12 – “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths.” – Muhammad Ali
13 – “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Muhammad Ali
14 – “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.” – Muhammad Ali
15 – “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.” – Muhammad Ali
16 – “I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.” – Muhammad Ali
17 – “You’re my opposer when I want freedom; You’re my opposer when I want justice; You’re my opposer when I want equality; You won’t even stand up for me in America for my religious beliefs and you want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won’t even stand up for me here at home!” – Muhammad Ali
18 – “If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.” – Muhammad Ali
19 – “I don’t get hit. I’m the fastest thing on two feet, man!” – Muhammad Ali
20 – “Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
21 – “I don’t care how small the ring is, I’ll fight that chump in a telephone booth.” – Muhammad Ali
22 – “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
23 – “I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.” – Muhammad Ali
24 – “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
25 – “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
26 – “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali
27 – “It’s a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” – Muhammad Ali
28 – “Friendship … is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali
29 – “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.” – Muhammad Ali
30 – “A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali
31 – “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” – Muhammad Ali
32 – “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If not pretend you are.” – Muhammad Ali
33 – “What you are thinking is what you are becoming.” – Muhammad Ali
34 – “What keeps me going is goals.” – Muhammad Ali
35 – “Live every day as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.” – Muhammad Ali
36 – “Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.” – Muhammad Ali
37 – “If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.” – Muhammad Ali
38 – “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” – Muhammad Ali
39 – “It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.” – Muhammad Ali
40 – “It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” – Muhammad Ali
41 – “It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” – Muhammad Ali
42 – “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.” – Muhammad Ali
43 – “My toughest fight was with my first wife.” – Muhammad Ali
44 – “My way of joking is, to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.” – Muhammad Ali
45 – “No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.” – Muhammad Ali
46 – “Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.” – Muhammad Ali
47 – “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
48 – “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Muhammad Ali
49 – “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali
50 – “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” – Muhammad Ali
51 – “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.” – Muhammad Ali
52 – “If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.” – Muhammad Ali
53 – “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
54 – “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 last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.” – Muhammad Ali
55 – “There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.” – Muhammad Ali
56 – “I’ve wrestled with alligators / I’ve tussled with a whale / I done handcuffed lightning / And throw thunder in jail.” – Muhammad Ali
57 – “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it.” – Muhammad Ali
58 – “Don’t count the days; make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
59 – “It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” – Muhammad Ali
60 – “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.” – Muhammad Ali
