Quotes By Muhammad Ali

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

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

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

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

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

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

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.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.