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Muhammad Ali Quotes - Page 2

All Quotes Age Army Basketball Belief Bike Black History Boxing Challenges Charity Children Church College Country Culture Devil Diversity Earth Encouraging Fashion Fighting Funny Generosity Giving Gold Greatness Gym Hard Work Hate Heart Heaven Home House Hurt Inspiration Inspirational Inspiring Islam Jesus Justice Law Of Attraction Life Love Lying Money Morning Motivation Motivational Past Perseverance Positive Poverty Prejudice Purpose Religion Revenge Rings Running School Soul Spirituality Sports Struggle Success Talent Teaching Training Truth Understanding Victory Violence War Water Wealth Wife Winning Wisdom

It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.

It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.

Winning, Guy, Mind

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Skills, Boxing, Champion

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2011

Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.

Want, Remember

I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.

Justice, Diversity, Trying

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

Fighting, Greatness, Mind

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jun 06, 2013

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

Real, Fall, Winning

Twitter post from Jun 15, 2015

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.

Motivational, Journey, Ends

My toughest opponent has always been me.

Opponents

Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

There Comes A Time, Persons, Courses

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jun 09, 2014

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

Motivational, Positive, Success

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Oct 31, 2012

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

People, Special, World

The one without dreams is the one without wings.

Dream, Wings

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

Believe, Goal, Challenges

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jun 13, 2014

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

Exhausted, Rings, Can Do

Twitter post from Jun 22, 2015

I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?"

Islamic, Heart, Pockets

We can't be brave without fear.

Brave, Be Brave

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jul 29, 2015

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

Funny, Sports, Jobs

Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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

Positive, Motivational Sports, Inspiration

Twitter post from Dec 08, 2010

No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.

Way

Twitter post from Jul 06, 2015

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

Love, Life, Relationship

Twitter post from Jan 07, 2011

My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.

Faults, Realizing

Most people don't pray until they're in trouble. When people need help they pray a lot. But after they get what they want, they slow down. If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean. Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.

Wisdom, Islamic, Men

Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

Life, Crush, Uplifting

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Jun 22, 2013

I came back to Louisville after the Olympics with my shiny gold medal. Went into a luncheonette where black folks couldn't eat. Thought I'd put them on the spot. I sat down and asked for a meal. The Olympic champion wearing his gold medal. They said, "We don't serve niggers here." I said, "That's okay, I don't eat 'em." But they put me out in the street. So I went down to the river, the Ohio River, and threw my gold medal in it.

Rivers, Ohio, Black History

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Sep 20, 2012

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.

Understanding, Tests, Levels

Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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