I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The man of least capacity is the one who shows himself incapable of self-correction. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
If some black man go out and start something, a riot or something or, I'm not going to jump in it and… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Women are not equal with men, that's sure. When the woman is in danger she always looks to the man for help.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that… — 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
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
I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I took a walk down a street in Harlem in New York City. I came upon a man… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I did not disregard my culture, if I did, it was the white American culture, and I accepted my true culture, when… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it… — 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
When I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm a Muslim. I've been a Muslim for 20 years. . . . You know me. I'm a boxer. I've been called… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm sure no intelligent white person, in his or her right white mind, want black men and women marrying their white sons… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The world badly needs more peaceful and loving men like Sri Chinmoy. I am a Muslim and he is serving all people… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
When one man of popularity can let the world know the problem, he might lose a few dollars himself. He might lose… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I just can't see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I'm no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won't… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'll tell you how I'd like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I live. I travel. I eat. I pray. These are the things I do. I'd rather be in my condition than be… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm… — 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
