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title: "28 Said Quotes By Muhammad Ali"
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> [I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-am-the-greatest-i-said-that-even-before-i-knew-i-was/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-i-was-the-greatest-i-never-said-i-was-the-smartest/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-i-was-the-greatest-not-the-smartest/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/holmes-is-so-ugly-his-grandmother-said-when-he-started-to-cry-the/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-oh-i-know-if-the-white-folks-is-in-heaven-too-then-the-black/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-figured-that-if-i-said-it-enough-i-would-convince-the-world-that-i/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/to-the-people-that-have-said-i-m-too-small-i-m-not-fast-enough-i-don/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-just-won-the-gold-medal-and-i-couldn-t-eat-downtown-i-said/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I said to myself, 'the champion of the whole world can whoop every man in Russia, every man in America, every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-said-to-myself-the-champion-of-the-whole-world-can-whoop-every-man/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-would-say-things-like-i-am-the-greatest-i-m-pretty-if-you-talk-jive/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-word-had-spread-and-people-were-piling-around-us-but-then-very/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [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/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-am-the-greatest-i-said-that-even-before-i-knew-i-was-don-t-tell-me/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/it-s-the-lack-of-faith-that-makes-people-afraid-of-meeting-challenges-2/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-was-in-a-broadway-musical-called-big-time-buck-wright-the-play-didn/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I was asked in a way when Honorable Elijah Mohammed said take the step, choose between the wealth of America and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-was-asked-in-a-way-when-honorable-elijah-mohammed-said-take-the/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-always-asked-my-mother-i-said-momma-how-come-is-everything-white-i/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-came-back-to-louisville-after-the-olympics-with-my-shiny-gold-medal/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/i-didn-t-even-need-america-i-was-so-popular-outside-the-country-until/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/miss-america-was-always-white-all-the-beautiful-brown-women-in/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/on-my-twelfth-birthday-i-got-a-new-bicycle-as-a-present-from-my-folks/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [A long time ago, I took a walk down a street in Harlem in New York City. I came upon a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/a-long-time-ago-i-took-a-walk-down-a-street-in-harlem-in-new-york/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/when-i-was-a-kid-i-got-mad-enough-to-want-to-kill-somebody-but-as-you/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [When I was 9, I saw a wrestler on television named Gorgeous George. He said, "I'm beautiful. I'm so pretty that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/when-i-was-9-i-saw-a-wrestler-on-television-named-gorgeous-george-he/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/to-make-america-the-greatest-is-my-goal-so-i-beat-the-russian-and-i/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [You may talk about Sweden, you may talk about Rome, but Rockville Center's Floyd Patterson's home. A lot of people said that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/you-may-talk-about-sweden-you-may-talk-about-rome-but-rockville/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [Someone stole my bicycle and I said I was going to learn to fight so that I could catch him and beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/someone-stole-my-bicycle-and-i-said-i-was-going-to-learn-to-fight-so/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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> [Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/santa-claus-was-white-and-everything-bad-was-black-the-little-ugly/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

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## Other authors on Said

## 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/)

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