Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it — 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 figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
If the boxers are a little more colorful, talk a little like I did and just do half as much as I… — 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
While Frazier was a man of few words / Ali was a world of mouth / but he found his place in… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I got it made the rest of my life, financially and in every other way. There's nobody in the world like me.… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I'm going to the war. They say to me daily,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I'm not going to be that kind of a fighter. I'm going to dance and be pretty. I'm just going to win… — 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
I make predictions about what I'm going to do before a fight, that makes me nervous because I've gotten so good at… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I tried to be the greatest boxer in the world and a good parent, too. I had instant feedback on my success… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Frazier soaked it all up like a sponge. When they arrived in Manila it was the same story. Ali poured scorn on… — 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
I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“This is the legend of Cassius Clay, The most beautiful fighter in the world today. He talks a great deal, and brags… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
If God ever calls me to a holy war, I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough. — 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
