Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay, was a legendary American boxer renowned for his charisma, unorthodox fighting style, and activism. Winning the heavyweight title at 22, Ali's career symbolized resilience. He opposed the Vietnam War, refused military service, and became a global icon transcending sports, an influential leader leaving an enduring legacy.
Here are 40 nuggets of wisdom attributed
to Muhammad Ali:
1. "Float like a
butterfly, sting like a bee."
2. "I am the greatest, I
said that even before I knew I was."
3. "It's not bragging if
you can back it up."
4. "He who is not
courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
5. "Service to others is
the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
6. "Don't count the days,
make the days count."
7. "I don't always know
what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right."
8. "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."
9. "I'm the king of the
world! I'm the king of the world!"
10. "A man who has no
imagination has no wings."
11. "Impossible is just a
big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world
they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it."
12. "The man who has no
imagination has no wings."
13. "I'm not the greatest,
I'm the double greatest."
14. "Silence is golden
when you can't think of a good answer."
15. "Champions aren't made
in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire,
a dream, a vision."
16. "It's lack of faith
that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself."
17. "It's just a job.
Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
18. "A rooster crows only
when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen
the light, and I'm crowing."
19. "I've wrestled with
alligators. I've tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw
thunder in jail."
20. "If my mind can
conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it."
21. "The fight is won or
lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the
road, long before I dance under those lights."
22. "A man who views the
world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his
life."
23. "I should be a postage
stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked."
24. "Live everyday as if
it were your last because someday you're going to be right."
25. "Now the things that
once were so effortless - my strong voice and the quickness of my movements -
are more difficult. But I get up every day and try to live life to the fullest
because each day is a gift from God."
26. "If they can make
penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."
27. "I am the astronaut of
boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my
own."
28. "It's the repetition
of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep
conviction, things begin to happen."
29. "Don’t count the days;
make the days count."
30. "If you even dream of
beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize."
31. "I am the greatest. I
said that even before I knew I was."
32. "I shook up the world.
Me! Whee!"
33. "I don’t trust anyone
who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter. Because they would treat me the same
way if I were in that position."
34. "The will must be
stronger than the skill."
35. "If you lose a big
fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you—until you get
your revenge."
36. "Hating people because
of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating.
It's just plain wrong."
37. "I don't have to be
what you want me to be."
38. "The best way to make
your dreams come true is to wake up."
39. "You don't lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down."
40. "I am 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."
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