Muhammad Ali Quotes

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

Friendship, School, Learned

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

Inspirational, Life, Live

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

Great, Greatest, Before

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

Motivational, Truth, Free

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

Night, Before, Dark

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

Courage, Life, Nothing

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

Deep, Happen, Once

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

Life, Same, Wasted

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

Dream, Apologize, Wake

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

Fight, Long, Lost

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

Peace, Religion, Islam

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

Others, Here, Service

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

Home, Nice, Humble

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

Ahead, Shoe, Mountains

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

Sports, Job, Beat

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Muhammad Ali

Butterfly, Bee, Sting

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
Muhammad Ali

Religion, Different, Water

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

Power, Win, Down

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

Wrong, Matter, Color

The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali

Imagination, Wings

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

Faith, Afraid, Makes

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

Age, Old, Whatever

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

Life, Car, Hurt

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

Life, Thought, Losing

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

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Nationality: American

Born: January 17, 1942

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