Muhammad Ali Quotes

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• I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
• I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to…
• I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
• I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
• A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
• If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
• It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
• Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
• The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before…
• Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
• I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
• At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
• It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
• Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with…
• Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
• The man who has no imagination has no wings.
• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
• It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
• I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the…

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