Muhammad Ali Quotes
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They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.
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The Holy Koran, our religious book, teaches us, that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, do not participate in no wars, in no way, fashion or form, that take the lives of other humans.
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I would say that I put down a lot of the white American culture, and ways, and beliefs.
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My definition of evil is unfriendliness.
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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 be what I want.
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I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.
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America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna be all kinds of trouble. America's going to pay for all its lynchings and killings of slaves and what it's done to black people.
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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.
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Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.
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There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.
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I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!
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Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
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There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.
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I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.
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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
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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.
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I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.
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This relationship will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will understand my beliefs and my purpose.
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Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.
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I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.
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Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth, their loved ones, and their health, So, what I'm doin' is for myself and for justice for black people, runnin' will kill it all, it'll make me a coward.
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I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.
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I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless it's a holy war declared by God himself.
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I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.