Iconic Muhammad Ali Quotes That Inspire and Motivate

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

I shook up the world! I shook up the world! I shook up the world!

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

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

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.

Iconic Muhammad Ali Quotes That Inspire and Motivate part 2

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

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

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

I’m just trying to make a living, you know, to be able to do what I want. People say, ‘Do you think God is black or white? Well, I say He’s black.’

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That’s the funniest joke in the world.

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

I consider myself one of the luckiest men alive. To be here in the United States, to be able to make my dreams come true, to support my family, and to remind the world of the beauty and power of diversity.

I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.

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

I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.

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.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

I’ll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.

A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

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

All through my life, I’ve been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.

I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat.

I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky—; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me.

I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

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

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

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

Friendship is not something you learn in school, but if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you haven’t learned anything.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time but by never giving up and continually pushing forward.