Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right - when he knocks you down, you’ll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don’t mess with Muhammad Ali. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, ‘The Intoxication of Life,’ ‘The Purpose of Life,’ ‘The Real Cause of Man’s Distress,’ ‘The Journey to the Goal in Life,’ and, one of my favorites, ‘The Heart of Man.’ They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. ... I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Allah’s the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
You can do what you want. But it’s nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn’t doing nothing (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Get up and say Elijah Muhammad is wrong when he says white are the devil? They have to prove they are not the devil. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
People don’t realize what they had till it’s gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
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. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I’ll tell you how I’d like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldn’t even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me! (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
My stuff is direct. Critics have compared my writing style with boxing all the way back to 1978 when my first book of essays appeared: it was compared to Muhammad Ali’s style. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I still can’t believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I first met Ali in 1976. I was locked up in a juvenile home and he came to visit. I’ve never forgotten it. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Frank Sinatra told Floyd Paterson how he should whoop me. Frank Sinatra. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
White people just don’t want their slaves to be free. That’s the whole thing. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I’m not trying to get power over white. I’m involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you’d ever hear the news. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
In the old days, when Muhammad Ali was fighting Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman, there was a lot of excitement in the heavyweight division, I have to admit it. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
We’ve had Muslims in America since George Washington. And we’ve had many successful Muslims. We just lost a particular well-known one with Muhammad Ali. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
Fighting by itself doesn’t interest me anymore. I want to help people, the black people and I need any kind of media to spread my thought: God, charity, peace. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
The word ‘Islam’ means ‘peace.’ The word ‘Muslim’ means ‘one who surrenders to God.’ But the press makes us seem like haters. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)
They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I`m going to the war. They say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, what`s the difference? And I like to say to those critics of the press and the others that there is one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in a ring and going to war in Vietnam. (Muhammad Ali Quotes)