Quotes By Muhammad Ali

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

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

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

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.

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.

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 will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

What keeps me going is goals.

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

I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Superman don't need no seat belt.

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.

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.

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

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

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

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.