I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 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… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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 said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 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
On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
A long time ago, I took a walk down a street in Harlem in New York City. I came upon a man… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Someone stole my bicycle and I said I was going to learn to fight so that I could catch him and beat… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was asked in a way when Honorable Elijah Mohammed said take the step, choose between the wealth of America and the… — 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
