Ali was undoubtedly one of, if not the, most talented boxers the world has ever seen. He was also a great entertainer, showman and philospher. Here are some of his sayings.
- A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
- At home I am a nice guy: but I don’t want the world to know. Humble people, I’ve found, don’t get very far.
- Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
- Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
- Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
- Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
- 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 never thought of losing, but now that it’ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
- I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
- 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.
- It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.
- It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.
- Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.
- My toughest fight was with my first wife.
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