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Favorite Muhammad Ali Quotes

1. "Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." ~ Muhammad Ali

2. "To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are." ~ Muhammad Ali

3. "What you're thinking is what you're becoming." ~ Muhammad Ali

4. "Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong." ~ Muhammad Ali

5. "If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you." ~ Muhammad Ali

6. "Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God." ~ Muhammad Ali

7. "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer." ~ Muhammad Ali

8. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

9. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." ~ Muhammad Ali

10. "I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace." ~ Muhammad Ali

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

12. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

13. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

14. "The man who has no imagination has no wings." ~ Muhammad Ali

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

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

17. "It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself." ~ Muhammad Ali

18. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

19. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

20. "Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are." ~ Muhammad Ali

21. "Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change." ~ Muhammad Ali

22. "Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer" ~ Muhammad Ali

23. "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am." ~ Muhammad Ali

24. "I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But getused to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours;my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me." ~ Muhammad Ali

25. "Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man." ~ Muhammad Ali

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

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

28. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

29. "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was." ~ Muhammad Ali

30. "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." ~ Muhammad Ali

31. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

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

33. "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize." ~ Muhammad Ali

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

35. "Superman don't need no seat belt." ~ Muhammad Ali

36. "If your mind can conceive it; and your heart can believe it - then you can achieve it." ~ Muhammad Ali

37. "I Ain't Got No Quarrel With The VietCong...No VietCong Ever Called Me Nigger." ~ Muhammad Ali

38. "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on." ~ Muhammad Ali

39. "There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people" ~ Muhammad Ali

40. "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." ~ Muhammad Ali

41. "Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali." ~ Muhammad Ali

42. "Don't count your days, Make your days count" ~ Muhammad Ali

43. "Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all." ~ Muhammad Ali

44. "I am the greatest." ~ Muhammad Ali

45. "I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!" ~ Muhammad Ali

46. "I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest." ~ Muhammad Ali

47. "Impossible is nothing." ~ Muhammad Ali

48. "We can't be brave without fear." ~ Muhammad Ali

49. "Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin." ~ Muhammad Ali

50. "I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat." ~ Muhammad Ali

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