Quotes by Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

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

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

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’s not bragging if you can back it up.

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

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

If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it, I can achieve it.

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.

I shook up the world.

Live every day as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.

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

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.

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

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.

Don’t let the challenges stop you; let them inspire you.

Quotes by Muhammad Ali part 2

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

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.

I’ve wrestled with alligators, I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning and throw thunder in jail.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots.

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

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

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.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

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

To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

What keeps me going is goals.

I appreciate the love and support from all the fans. I’d never have made it without them. It’s like that old saying, ‘I’d have never made it if it wasn’t for my fans.’

I’m the most recognized and loved man that ever lived because there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them.

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

I’m not the greatest, but I’m the best.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

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.

I’m gonna show you how great I am.

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

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter; they don’t have integrity in their bones.

I’m not a fighter who makes excuses or runs away from unjust decisions, but I’m coming to take my title with me.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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 that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

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