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Muhammad Ali Quotes about Sports

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

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

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

Sports, Past, Boxing

"Muhammad Ali: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2012.

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Dec 05, 2010

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.

Funny, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Jan 18, 2011

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.

Inspirational, Sports, Determination

FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 10, 2014

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

Softball, Sports, Motivation

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

Motivational, Dance, Sports

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

Motivational, Faith, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2017

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

Sports, Fighting, Greatness

Twitter post from Feb 01, 2011

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Funny, Sports, Fighting

"Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2009.

I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages

Sports, Boxing, Pages

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Sports, Men, White Man

Attributed in "Chambers Sporting Quotations‎" by Simon James, (p. 27), 1990.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Strength, Sports, Inspiration

Twitter post from Nov 24, 2014

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

Sports, Boxing, World

Twitter post from Nov 25, 2009

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

Funny, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Apr 25, 2009

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

Inspiring, Encouraging, Sports

Twitter post from Dec 22, 2010

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

Sports, Self Confidence, Vanity

Twitter post from Jul 15, 2010

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.

Sports, Impossible, Dare

Twitter post from May 04, 2015

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

Funny, Beauty, Sports

I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.

Leadership, Sports, Advice

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

Twitter post from Feb 15, 2011

I would like to say boxing cannot compared with war. We have gloves on, we have cushions, we have referees, we have judges, we have ambulances there, the intention not to kill, we don't have steel there, we don't have bullets, we don't kill momma, kill daddy, kill baby, our intention is a sport, and we're not there to kill, so boxing cannot be compared in no way with machineguns and bombs and everything that used.

Sports, Baby, War

Source: thefederalist.com

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.

Sports, Boxing, Trying

"Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.

Sports, Kings, Dirty

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