Top 350 Muhammad Ali Quotes (2023 Update)
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151. “I don’t look like no kiwi bird.”

— Muhammad Ali

152. “Just remember that you don’t have to be what they want you to be.”

— Muhammad Ali

153. “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.”

— Muhammad Ali

154. “The bull is stronger, but the matador is smarter.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

156. “Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

158. “If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.”

— Muhammad Ali

159. “He’s too ugly to be the champ!”

— Muhammad Ali

160. “Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.”

— Muhammad Ali

161. “The world’s champ should be pretty like me!”

— Muhammad Ali

162. “If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don’t ask how. Hitch him up.”

— Muhammad Ali

163. “All through my life, I have 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.”

— Muhammad Ali

164. “A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who’s driving? The police.”

— Muhammad Ali

165. “God works through people. It’s not me.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

167. “The more we help others, the more we help ourselves.”

— Muhammad Ali

168. “I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.”

— Muhammad Ali

169. “Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.”

— Muhammad Ali

170. “I’ve never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself.”

— Muhammad Ali

171. “Shut up, I know what I’m doing!”

— Muhammad Ali

172. “I outwit them, and then I outhit them.”

— Muhammad Ali

173. “The one without dreams is the one without wings.”

— Muhammad Ali

174. “Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.”

— Muhammad Ali

175. “Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can’t talk. The man can’t fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he’s gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.”

— Muhammad Ali

176. “What I’ve found is that the religion that matters, the real religion is love.”

— Muhammad Ali

177. “It’s hard to beat a guy when he’s got his mind made up that he’s going to win.”

— Muhammad Ali

178. “Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.”

— Muhammad Ali

179. “There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

181. “My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

184. “Stay away from the ropes.”

— Muhammad Ali

185. “God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.”

— Muhammad Ali

186. “True giving happens when we give from our heart.”

— Muhammad Ali

187. “When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.”

— Muhammad Ali

188. “When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked the world. I am from the House of Shock.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

190. “Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish.”

— Muhammad Ali

191. “When I meet a new person, I don’t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.”

— Muhammad Ali

192. “If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman’s behind!”

— Muhammad Ali

193. “Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you’d want to know.”

— Muhammad Ali

194. “I don’t know what truculent means, but if it’s good, it’s me.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

196. “Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest.”

— Muhammad Ali

197. “Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.”

— Muhammad Ali

198. “What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems.”

— Muhammad Ali

199. “The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon – there are more Muhammads than anything else.”

— Muhammad Ali

200. “When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.”

— Muhammad Ali