65 Amazing Muhammad Ali Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing Muhammad Ali quotes and sayings.
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Muhammad Ali Short Sayings
“I won’t miss boxing. Boxing will miss me.” —Muhammad Ali
“Impossible is not a fact it’s an opinion” —Muhammad Ali
“The will must be stronger than the skill.” —Muhammad Ali
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.” —Muhammad Ali
“What keeps me going is goal.” —Muhammad Ali
“Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” —Muhammad Ali
“Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.” —Muhammad Ali
“I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.” —Muhammad Ali
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” —Muhammad Ali
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” —Muhammad Ali
“I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.” —Muhammad Ali
“My principles are more important than the money or my title.” —Muhammad Ali
“No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.” —Muhammad Ali
“Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” —Muhammad Ali
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.” —Muhammad Ali
“My goals, my own; get used to me.” —Muhammad Ali
“What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.” —Muhammad Ali
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” —Muhammad Ali
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali
“I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet.” —Muhammad Ali
“Why are all the angels white? Why ain’t there no black angels” —Muhammad Ali
“I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat.” —Muhammad Ali
“It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.” —Muhammad Ali
“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” —Muhammad Ali
“The will must be stronger than the skill.” —Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali Sayings
“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” —Muhammad Ali
“Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.” —Muhammad Ali
“When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.” —Muhammad Ali
“He’s (Sonny Liston) too ugly to be the world champ. The world champ should be pretty like me!” —Muhammad Ali
“If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it–then I can achieve it.” —Muhammad Ali
“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.” —Muhammad Ali
“If you sign to fight me, you need speed and endurance but what you need most is to increase your insurance.” —Muhammad Ali
“We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.” —Muhammad Ali
“If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.” —Muhammad Ali
“Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.” —Muhammad Ali
“Life is like a boxing match. Defeat is declared not when you fall but when you refuse to stand again.” —Muhammad Ali
“I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw thunder in jail.” —Muhammad Ali
“I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.” —Muhammad Ali
“I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.” —Muhammad 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.” —Muhammad Ali
“Its lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” —Muhammad Ali
“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours;” —Muhammad Ali
“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
“Live every day like it’s your last because someday you’re going to be right.” —Muhammad Ali
“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” —Muhammad Ali
“The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” —Muhammad Ali
“I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.” —Muhammad Ali
“When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.” —Muhammad Ali
“Bragging’ is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.” —Muhammad Ali
“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
“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
“Tolerance and understanding won’t ‘trickle down’ in our society any more than wealth does.” —Muhammad Ali
“Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.” —Muhammad Ali
“It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.” —Muhammad Ali
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” —Muhammad 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.” —Muhammad Ali
“There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.” —Muhammad Ali
“I ain’t conceited, I’m convinced. It’s hard to be humble when you’re as pretty as I am.” —Muhammad Ali
“If you see the world at 50 the same way you did at 20, you wasted 30 years of your life.” —Muhammad Ali
“Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe.” —Muhammad Ali
“I don’t count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count. That’s what makes you a champion.” —Muhammad Ali
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” —Muhammad Ali
” I don’t have to be what you want me to be. 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
“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.” —Muhammad Ali
“I’m so fast; I turn off the lights and will be in my bed before its dark.” —Muhammad Ali
“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” —Muhammad Ali
Top Ten Muhammad Ali Sayings
Here you will find top ten Muhammad Ali Sayings selected by our team.
- “Impossible is not a fact it’s an opinion” —Muhammad Ali
- “Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe.” —Muhammad Ali
- “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” —Muhammad Ali
- “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” —Muhammad Ali
- “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” —Muhammad Ali
- “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” —Muhammad Ali
- “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it–then I can achieve it.” —Muhammad Ali
- “We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.” —Muhammad Ali
- “Its lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.” —Muhammad Ali
- “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