Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Despite his talent to creating amazing poems before the fights, he hated to read. In fact Ali was dyslexic, and barely graduated from high school. “he graduated 376 out of a class of 391.” -m CBS News. “I never said I was the smartest, I said I was the greatest,” as Muhammad said. He was a great boxer.
Top 100 Quotes Of Muhammad Ali.
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Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.
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You lose nothing when fighting for a cause … In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.
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I’ve never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself.
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I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.
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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.
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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.
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When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.
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It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
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We can’t be brave without fear.
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It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.
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I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.
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What keeps me going is goals.
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I said I was ‘The Greatest,’ I never said I was ‘The Smartest!’
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It takes a lot out of a fighter to throw punches that land in thin air.
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What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.
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I had always been the one who picked up all the stragglers and stray followers.
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I learn to put my head within hitting range, force my opponent to throw blows, then learn back and away.
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If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize.
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Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.
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Life is a gamble.
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Don’t count the days; make the days count.
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A man who has no imagination has no wings.
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Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
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I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.
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If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.
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I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat.
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The thing that matters is how you lose. I’m not crying. My friends should not cry.
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There is a science to making your opponent wear down.
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You lose nothing when fighting for a cause.
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It’s in my blood to be around people while I was training.
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I got speed and endurance. You’d better increase your insurance.
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The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
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I don’t have to be what you want me to be.
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I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.
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Recognize how every moment of our journey is an important part of the growth of our soul.
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Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats.
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My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.
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Age is whatever you think it is.
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Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.
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Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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I know I can learn to hit without getting hit.
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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.
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I believe in the an eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner.
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When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.
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My style, my stamina, my system were molded down in the basement of a church in East End.
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My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me, but rude to a waiter because they would treat me the same if I were in that position.
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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.
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It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.
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Think well of all, be patient with all, and try to find the good in all.
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Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.
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There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.
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I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.
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No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.
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I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
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Each time I thought I had achieved my ‘life’s purpose,’ I discovered it was only another step in my journey.
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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If not, pretend you are.
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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
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I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
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I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest.
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Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.
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I have never heard anything that affected me like those words: ‘Heavyweight Champion of the World.’
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My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.
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We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning how to make a life.
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If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you — until you get your revenge.
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Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them– a desire, a dream, a vision.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.
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Superman don’t need no seat belt.
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The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.
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His hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.
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I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.
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I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated.
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He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
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I had always come home like the victorious hunter bringing back big game from the jungle.
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Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.
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My principles are more important than the money or my title.
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I shook up the world. Me! Whee!
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I love children. I can never pass them by without saying something to them. They make you want to start life all over again.
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If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it — then I can achieve it.
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Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.
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Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats.
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The critics only made me work harder.
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Now you see me, now you don’t.
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I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw thunder in jail.
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I don’t get hit. I’m the fastest thing on two feet man!
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When you want to talk about who made me, you talk to me. Who made me, is me.
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Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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Put yourself out on a limb, like me!
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Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.
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It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
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What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.
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You are as old as you think you are.
