Quotes By Muhammad Ali

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

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.

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

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

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

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'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.

Superman don't need no seat belt.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

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

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

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

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

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

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

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.

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