Muhammad Ali Quotes

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This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.
He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y,
Of a muscular punch that's incredibly speed-y.
The fistic world was dull and weary,
But with a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary.
Then someone with color and someone with dash,
Brought fight fans are runnin' with Cash.
This brash young boxer is something to see
And the heavyweight championship is his destiny.

Muhammad Ali
Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to.

Muhammad Ali
Comedy is a funny way of being serious. My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

Muhammad Ali
Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.

Muhammad Ali
Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

Muhammad Ali
I am America. Only, I'm the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own—get used to me!

Muhammad Ali
Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius Clay.

Muhammad Ali
There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

Muhammad Ali
I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Muhammad Ali
I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle. We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

Muhammad Ali
I hated the sight on TV of big, clumsy, lumbering heavyweights plodding, stalking each other like two Frankenstein monsters, clinging, slugging toe to toe. I knew I could do it better... circle, dance, shuffle, hit and move... make an art out of it.

Muhammad Ali
I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.

Muhammad Ali
True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

Muhammad Ali
Who would have thought, when they came to the fight, that they'd witness a launchin' of a black satellite

Muhammad Ali
Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Muhammad Ali
I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success as a boxer. Often, parents don't really know if what they are doing is right or wrong until their child is grown and it is too late to change any of the decisions. Whatever my failings as a parent, I am very proud of all my children. It wasn't easy for them to make their own way with such a controversial and public father.

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

Muhammad Ali
Ain't never been another fighter like me. Ain't never been no nothing like me.

Muhammad Ali
We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

Muhammad Ali
The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!

Muhammad Ali
Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

Muhammad Ali
What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

Muhammad Ali
The man to beat me hasn't been born yet.

Muhammad Ali