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
Muhammad Ali quotes about
calculate kept millions mind took
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.
injured last mean thrown thunder
I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.
american-athlete butterfly floating
I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
dream reality destiny
It is only with united effort and faith in our destiny that we shall be able to translate the Pakistan of our dreams into reality.
boxers
Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer
epithet vietnamese viet-cong
I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a << racial epithet >>.
kings real years
I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I'm the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can't be beat!
rome champion gold
I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.
shut-up knows
Shut up, I know what I'm doing!
funny smart fighting
Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep up with the pace I'm gonna set except me. There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked.
dream crowds eclipse
The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!
training bags hitting
Catching flies is better training than hitting the speed bag
rope
Stay away from the ropes
nice home thinking
Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.