Muhammad Ali Quotes

On this page you can find the TOP of Muhammad Ali's best quotes! We hope you will find some sayings from Professional Boxer Muhammad Ali's in our collection, which will inspire you to new achievements! There are currently 544 quotes on this page collected since January 17, 1942! Share our collection of quotes with your friends on social media so that they can find something to inspire them!
  • No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman.

    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • The Prophet introduced a system of prayer in that it was interwoven into man's daily work: a prayer in the morning when he arose from his bed; a prayer at lunch time, as an indication that if his body needed a diet, so did his spirit; a prayer in the afternoon when he retired from his daily work; a prayer at sunset and a prayer when going to bed.

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

    Twitter post from May 26, 2010
  • No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

    Twitter post from Feb 15, 2011
  • Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it himself, Malcolm X, was a tramp or had white women sellin' their body for him, he was nothin' until the Honorable Elijah Mohammed made him great, made him great, taught him, even his name X come from Elijah.

    Source: thefederalist.com
  • Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

  • I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

    Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.116, Simon and Schuster
  • I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

    Twitter post from Sep 02, 2012
  • When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.

    “Muhammad Ali: What I've Learned” by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2012.
  • I'm so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.

  • It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

  • There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

    Twitter post from Dec 11, 2009
  • Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

    Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011
  • I didn't deny nothing I believe. I'm still the same everything.

    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'

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    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • He's too ugly to be the champ!

  • If we were second class citizens we'd be driving old Cadillacs and living good. If we were first class we'd be driving a Rolls Royce.

    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.

  • I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick!

  • Now, if I even say the wrong thing I make the news.

    "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.
  • My toughest opponent has always been me.

    Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.131, Simon and Schuster
  • Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.

  • Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions

  • Shut up, I know what I'm doing!

  • Scatter abroad what you have already amassed rather than pile up new wealth.

  • The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.

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

    Comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round, July 1971.
  • Who is the descendant of the slavemasters a descendant of slaves to fight other people in thier own country?

  • It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

    FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jan 28, 2015
  • If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.

    FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Apr 04, 2014
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Muhammad Ali

  • Born: January 17, 1942
  • Died: June 3, 2016
  • Occupation: Professional Boxer