There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.

Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most

You got black people in an all-white country and they don't know nothing about themselves.

There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

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

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

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

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

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

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

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love

I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.

As soon as I heard the truth that Elijah Muhammad teaches us in America, it made me accept it.

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman's behind.

Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

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

When your mother dies, it really hurts. But with time, you get used to it. That's nature's way.

Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.

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

I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.

If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!

They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.

I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle.

Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.

I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood.

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me!

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

I'm the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.

If America were in a just war I'd volunteer for the front line. I'd do the shuffling and win the war.

Malcolm X got famous mainly by being hard on white people, white devils, blue-eyed blond-headed dogs.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white.

Lakes, rivers, streams...all are water and all travel to the same destination. So it is with religion.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.

Religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time

Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

We cannot change the Koran or make no modifications, this cannot be done, or it would no longer be holy.

The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.

I always liked to chase the girls. Parkinson's stops all that. Now I might have a chance to go to heaven.

The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!

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