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 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.
Muhammad Ali
It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.
Muhammad Ali
It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier is so ugly, he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife.
Muhammad Ali
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
Muhammad Ali
I’ll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
Muhammad Ali
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
Muhammad Ali
Me, we.
Muhammad Ali
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Muhammad Ali
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
Muhammad Ali
My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.
Muhammad Ali
The fight is won or lost far away from witnessesbehind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Muhammad Ali
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Muhammad Ali
When you’re as great as I am, it’s hard to be humble.
Muhammad Ali
