I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked! — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't! — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
You been hearing about how bad I am since you were a little kid with mess in your pants! Tonight, I'm gonna… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep up with… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I hospitalized a rock, killed a brick...I'm so bad I make medicine sick! — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I just felt the power and the meanness of the man I was messing with. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
A fighter can condition his body to go hard certain rounds, then to coast certain rounds. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
There ain't no such thing as black Muslims. That's how they tried to cut off all my brothers in the rest of the world… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead black man,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and get killed… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share
