Quotes By Muhammad Ali

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.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

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

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

What keeps me going is goals.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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