Muhammad Ali Quotes

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.

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

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.

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

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

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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