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
mind may millions
I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.
white grandfather great-grandfather
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
class cadillacs firsts
If we were second class citizens we'd be driving old Cadillacs and living good. If we were first class we'd be driving a Rolls Royce.
kings men world
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.
children mean men
No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way.
years jail belief
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.
strength sports inspiration
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
years white america
Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.
champion heavyweights world
It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman
proud my-family
I'm most proud of my family
war one-thing
The one thing I don't understand is war
hundred
I'd like to live to a hundred
rivers lakes water
Lakes, rivers, streams...all are water and all travel to the same destination. So it is with religion.
bird kiwi looks
I don't look like no kiwi bird