People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don't want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don't want to… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have. — 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
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
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 Image
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 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 have called… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
