Muhammad Ali Quotes
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The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.
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Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs.
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Women are the field that produces our nation. And if you can't protect your women, you can't protect your nation.
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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
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Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world.
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I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right.
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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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Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
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The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month?
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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.
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I just can't see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I see in his eyes, his head, he's hopeless - and I'm just deliberately hitting. I don't do that.
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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.
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Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!
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When I meet a new person, I don’t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.
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Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest.
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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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Love is the net where hearts are caught like fish.
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I'm the fastest thing on two feet.
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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 me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.
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Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
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The most powerful military country in the world, America - which makes all the guns, all the machinery, all the bullets - taught us how to shoot the guns.
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Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans.
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I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.
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If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.