Top 350 Muhammad Ali Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.”

— Muhammad Ali

152. “I don’t look like no kiwi bird.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

154. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

156. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

159. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

161. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

164. “He’s too ugly to be the champ!”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

169. “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

170. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

174. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

177. “I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

179. “Unknown Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other’s gold.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

181. “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

182. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

187. “I’m the greatest fighter in the entire world, how can I be afraid? I love people and people love me.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

189. “Wouldn’t it be a beautiful world if just 10 percent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people?”

— Muhammad Ali

190. “I’ve never really resented hard work because I’ve always liked it. Up every morning for roadwork. Going to the gymnasium every day at 12 o’clock. I never change my pattern.”

— Muhammad Ali

191. “Stay away from the ropes.”

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

194. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

196. “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

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

200. “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