Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali /ɑːˈliː/was an American Olympic and professional boxer and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. From early in his career, Ali was known as an inspiring, controversial and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth17 January 1942
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
fighting greatness mind
You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.
islamic heart unbearable
I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?"
lynching years two
So now I'm going to forget the 400 years of lynching and killing raping and depriving my people feeding of justice and equality and the lowest of low last respect and I'm going to look at two or three white people who are trying to do right and don't see the other million who are trying to kill me? I'm not that big of a fool.
there-comes-a-time persons courses
There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.
home
Home is the place you can go when you're whipped.
numbers illness famous-boxer
God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.
brother cutting thinking
I think we're all brothers - that's the truth. But the press gave us the name black Muslims to cut us off from the others.
christian freedom hate
How could they say that my religion, Islam was a 'race hate' religion after all the plunder and enslavement and domination of my people by white Christians in the name of white supremacy?
fruit haste stumbling
Stumbling is the fruit of haste.
block home fighting
When you come to the fight Don't block the halls and don't block the door, for y'all may go home after round four.
life hurt champion
I don't count my sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting. That is when I start counting, because then it really counts. That's what makes you a champion.
want remember
Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.
night ifs left
Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night
softball sports motivation
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.