Mohammed Ali
Mohammad Ali- "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."
I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
Mohammed Ali
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Mohammed 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.
Mohammed Ali
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
Mohammed Ali
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Mohammed Ali
It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Mohammed Ali
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Mohammed Ali
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Mohammed Ali
If you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
Mohammed Ali
I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‘em out, I pick the round.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
Mohammed Ali
It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.
Mohammed Ali
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Mohammed Ali
It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.
Mohammed Ali
No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Mohammed Ali
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.
Mohammed Ali
What keeps me going is goals.
Mohammed Ali
When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
Mohammed Ali
