Boxer Quotes

“When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.”

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

“I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived”

“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”

“What you are thinking is what you are becoming.”

“How come the Chinese can go where I can't go in America? Englishmen can come and set up a business in white America and do things I can't do.The Puerto Rican, Hawaiians, just about everybody can do more than black people and are more respected.”

“What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems”

“Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.”

“Children make you want to start life over.”

“Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius wins his first title and changes his name to Muhammad Ali.”

“I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.”

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

“You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.”

“I’m young, I’m handsome, I’m fast, I’m pretty, and can’t possibly be beat. They must fall in the round I call.”

“Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.”

“The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.”

“War on nations changes maps. War on poverty maps change.”

“I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have judges, we have ambulances there, the intention not to kill, we don't have steel there, we don't have bullets, we don't kill momma, kill daddy, kill baby, our intention is a sport, and we're not there to kill, so boxing cannot be compared in no way with machineguns and bombs and everything that used.”

“I've never really resented hard work because I've always liked it. Up every morning for roadwork. Going to the gymnasium every day at 12 o'clock. I never change my pattern.”

“I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history”

“I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.”

“If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.”

“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.”

“You have a right to say what you believe, and I have a right.”

“Last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle.”