--- title: "23 Names Quotes By Muhammad Ali" description: "23 Names quotes by Muhammad Ali. Plus more from Muhammad Ali and more Names sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/muhammad-ali-386_arabia_the-name-muhammad-is-the-most-common-nam_533146.jpg" --- > [The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-name-muhammad-is-the-most-common-name-in-the-world-in-all-the/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/muhammad-ali-386_arabia_the-name-muhammad-is-the-most-common-nam_533146.jpg) > [Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/put-yourself-out-on-a-limb-sucka-like-me-young-cassius-clay-to/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/muhammad-ali-386_cassius_put-yourself-out-on-a-limb-sucka-like-me_2495795.jpg) > [Religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/religions-have-different-names-and-they-all-contain-truth-expressed/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/muhammad-ali-386_different_religions-have-different-names-and-they_1236701.jpg) > [All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/all-black-americans-have-slave-names-they-have-white-names-names-that/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/muhammad-ali-386_black_all-black-americans-have-slave-names-the_740903.jpg) > [You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/you-can-go-to-japan-china-all-the-european-african-arab-and-south/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/muhammad-ali-386_boxing_you-can-go-to-japan-china-all-the-europe_1904477.jpg) > [I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-a-lot-of-things-in-the-heat-of-the-moment-that-i-shouldn-t/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/muhammad-ali-386_apologise_i-said-a-lot-of-things-in-the-heat-of-th_37070.jpg) > [Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/islam-is-against-killing-terrorism-and-murder-people-who-commit-these/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/muhammad-ali-386_chance_islam-is-against-killing-terrorism-and-m_2008746.jpg) > [I think we're all brothers - that's the truth. But the press gave us the name black Muslims to cut us off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-think-we-re-all-brothers-that-s-the-truth-but-the-press-gave-us-the/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/muhammad-ali-386_black_i-think-we-re-all-brothers-that-s-the-tr_292880.jpg) > [What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/what-s-really-hurting-me-the-name-islam-is-involved-and-muslim-is/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/muhammad-ali-386_boxing_what-s-really-hurting-me-the-name-islam_1787398.jpg) > [The teachings of Elijah Muhammad on how black people have been brainwashed.How they've been taught to love white and hate black, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-teachings-of-elijah-muhammad-on-how-black-people-have-been/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/muhammad-ali-386_black_the-teachings-of-elijah-muhammad-on-how_2672295.jpg) > [In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/in-florida-i-was-illiterate-boxing-authority-didn-t-want-me-then-they/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/muhammad-ali-386_authority_in-florida-i-was-illiterate-boxing-autho_2618842.jpg) > [Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/whites-have-always-put-one-against-another-and-now-they-have-a-dead/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f2/muhammad-ali-386_body_whites-have-always-put-one-against-anoth_2301150.jpg) > [So when I heard that we don't have our names, we don't speak our true Arabic language, we were robbed of Islam,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/so-when-i-heard-that-we-don-t-have-our-names-we-don-t-speak-our-true/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/muhammad-ali-386_arabic-language_so-when-i-heard-that-we-don-t-have-our-n_1704814.jpg) > [I did not take the name, I just named myself Cassius Clay, this is a honorable, Mohammed Ali, given to me by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-did-not-take-the-name-i-just-named-myself-cassius-clay-this-is-a/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/muhammad-ali-386_cassius_i-did-not-take-the-name-i-just-named-mys_1513767.jpg) > [I barely got out of school, I got out of school, mainly, because I was a champ, and I actually didn't pass.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-barely-got-out-of-school-i-got-out-of-school-mainly-because-i-was-a/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/muhammad-ali-386_believe_i-barely-got-out-of-school-i-got-out-of_1953761.jpg) > [When I heard the truth about my name was not Cassius Clay, like I knew a black man in America named John…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/when-i-heard-the-truth-about-my-name-was-not-cassius-clay-like-i-knew/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/muhammad-ali-386_america_when-i-heard-the-truth-about-my-name-was_104080.jpg) > [We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/we-all-have-the-same-god-we-just-serve-him-differently-rivers-lakes/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/muhammad-ali-386_believe_we-all-have-the-same-god-we-just-serve-h_2857234.jpg) > [Everything I got comes from Elijah Mohammed. He taught me who I was, he made me proud, he made me fearless, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/everything-i-got-comes-from-elijah-mohammed-he-taught-me-who-i-was-he/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/muhammad-ali-386_beautiful_everything-i-got-comes-from-elijah-moham_2275897.jpg) > [I did not disregard my culture, if I did, it was the white American culture, and I accepted my true culture, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-did-not-disregard-my-culture-if-i-did-it-was-the-white-american/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/muhammad-ali-386_accepted_i-did-not-disregard-my-culture-if-i-did_1562422.jpg) > [Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/every-time-i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-that-kid-from-louisville/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/muhammad-ali-386_cassius_every-time-i-look-in-the-mirror-i-see-th_1437906.jpg) > [Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. ... I think the people of our religion should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/religions-all-have-different-names-but-they-all-contain-the-same/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/muhammad-ali-386_believe_religions-all-have-different-names-but-t_2498878.jpg) > [Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/rivers-ponds-lakes-and-streams-they-all-have-different-names-but-they-2/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/muhammad-ali-386_different_rivers-ponds-lakes-and-streams-they-all_951913.jpg) > [How could they say that my religion, Islam was a 'race hate' religion after all the plunder and enslavement and domination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/how-could-they-say-that-my-religion-islam-was-a-race-hate-religion/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/muhammad-ali-386_christian_how-could-they-say-that-my-religion-isla_2229557.jpg) ## Other authors on Names ## More by Muhammad Ali > [There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/there-are-more-pleasant-things-to-do-than-beat-up-people/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/there-ain-t-no-such-thing-as-black-muslims-that-s-how-they-tried-to/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [I've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-ve-never-let-anyone-talk-me-into-not-believing-in-myself/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-m-too-fast-i-m-too-smart-i-m-too-pretty/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-don-t-count-my-sit-ups-i-only-start-counting-when-it-starts-hurting/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-a-lot-of-things-in-the-heat-of-the-moment-that-i-shouldn-t/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/many-people-are-quick-to-say-that-we-are-not-recognized-by-muslims-in/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-have-been-so-great-in-boxing-they-had-to-create-an-image-like-rocky/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/money-and-riches-don-t-mean-nothing-to-me-i-don-t-care-nothing-about/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/allah-is-the-greatest-i-m-just-the-greatest-boxer/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/my-wealth-is-in-my-knowledge-of-self-love-and-spirituality/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/we-followed-the-honorable-elijah-mohammed-who-is-the-boss-and-we-don/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-m-gonna-have-to-be-killed-before-i-lose-and-i-ain-t-going-to-die/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/if-some-black-man-go-out-and-start-something-a-riot-or-something-or-i/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) > [If you want to be equal with me, you can get your own Rolls-Royce, your own house and your own million dollars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/if-you-want-to-be-equal-with-me-you-can-get-your-own-rolls-royce-your/) [Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/names/muhammad-ali/#itemlist", "name": "23 Names Quotes By Muhammad Ali", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. 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