Muhammad Ali Quotes

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

Don’t count the days; make the days count.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’

If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologize.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.

I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and throw thunder in jail.

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.

Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision.

I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest!

What keeps me going is goals.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

Muhammad Ali Quotes part 2

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.

Don’t let age define you. Let your determination and hard work define you.

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

I’m king of the world! I’m pretty! I’m a bad man! I shook up the world!

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it.

My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.

I’m not the greatest. I’m the double greatest.

I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.

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 the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I am an astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.

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 people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.

I said I was ‘The Greatest,’ not ‘The Smartest.’

I’m the most recognized and loved man that ever lived because there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them.

I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet.

He’s (Sonny Liston) too ugly to be the world champ. The world champ should be pretty like me!

I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots.

The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

The word ‘Islam’ means ‘peace.’ The word ‘Muslim’ means ‘one who surrenders to God.’ But the press makes us seem like haters.

I figure I’ll be champ for about ten years and then I’ll let my brother take over—like the Kennedys down in Washington.

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 people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.