Cassius clay Quotes

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

— Muhammad Ali

Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!

— Muhammad Ali

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

— Muhammad Ali

Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone and hospitalized a brick.

— Muhammad Ali

If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.

— Muhammad Ali

This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.

— Muhammad Ali

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

— Floyd Patterson

“Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!”

— Muhammad Ali

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

— Muhammad Ali

I want to be the Cassius Clay of snooker. Cassius is the greatest at boxing and that's what I mean to be…

— Alex Higgins

Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius…

— Muhammad Ali

He [Cassius Clay] became a Black Muslim, which is a pseudo-religion for unbright neurotics who feel the need to hate all white…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I am sick and tired of Cassius Clay going around and saying he is the greatest and what a tremendous boxer he…

— Terry Funk

If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.

— Sonny Liston

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also…

— Rand Paul

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong…

— Muhammad Ali

As for my all-time sporting hero? There is one who towers above all. I first knew him when he was called Cassius…

— Jim Kerr

Some make you sing and some make you scream. One makes you wish that you'd never been seen. But there's a shop…

— David Bowie

When I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John…

— Muhammad Ali

I did not take the name, I just named myself Cassius Clay, this is a honorable, Mohammed Ali, given to me by…

— Muhammad Ali

“ALI He was butterfly and bee. In the ring, he floated and stung. In 1967, Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, refused to…

— Eduardo Galeano

Every time I look in the mirror, God looks back.

— Liam Gallagher

Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish

— Muhammad Ali

The world’s champ should be pretty like me!

— Muhammad Ali

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

— Muhammad Ali

If you want it, boys, get it here, thing.

— David Bowie

The will must be stronger than the skill.

— Muhammad Ali

I met Muhammad Ali in Toronto when he was still Cassius Clay... We got to talking and it was like we knew…

— Rocky Johnson

I will give Cassius Clay $250,000 if he will just get into the ring with me anywhere in a combination boxing-wrestling match.

— Terry Funk

I didn't really know who Cassius Clay was. I just wanted to show America through a heavyweight championship fight. Ever since my…

— William Klein

Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh…

— Muhammad Ali

I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long…

— Muhammad Ali

“She could no longer remember what Ambrose looked like, or smelled like, or was like. All she knew was Cassius Clayton McLinn.…

— Laura Frantz

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

We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they…

— Muhammad Ali

“This is the legend of Cassius Clay, The most beautiful fighter in the world today. He talks a great deal, and brags…

— Muhammad Ali