Said Quotes by Muhammad Ali

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

— Muhammad Ali

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

— Muhammad Ali

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

— Muhammad Ali

I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing…

— Muhammad Ali

Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of…

— Muhammad Ali

To the people that have said I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, I don't have what it takes, I'm not strong…

— Muhammad Ali

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

— Muhammad Ali

I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a…

— 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…

— Muhammad Ali

It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous…

— Muhammad Ali

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell…

— Muhammad Ali

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

I said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man…

— Muhammad Ali

The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of…

— Muhammad Ali

You may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome, but Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's home. A lot of people said that…

— Muhammad Ali

When I was 9, I saw a wrestler on television named Gorgeous George. He said, "I'm beautiful. I'm so pretty that if…

— Muhammad Ali

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

I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair…

— Muhammad Ali

I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.…

— Muhammad Ali

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

On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair…

— Muhammad Ali

Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but…

— Muhammad Ali

A long time ago, I took a walk down a street in Harlem in New York City. I came upon a man…

— Muhammad Ali

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A.…

— Muhammad Ali

Someone stole my bicycle and I said I was going to learn to fight so that I could catch him and beat…

— Muhammad Ali

Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was…

— Muhammad Ali

I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted…

— Muhammad Ali

I was asked in a way when Honorable Elijah Mohammed said take the step, choose between the wealth of America and the…

— Muhammad Ali