Quotes from Muhammad Ali

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

Children make you want to start life over.

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I am the greatest.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

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.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

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.

All of you chumps are gonna bow, when i whoop him. All of y'all! I know you got him, i know you got him picked....But the man's in trouble. I'mma show You how great i am

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.

He who hits and runs away, lives to fight another day.

Me, we. (Supposedly the shortest quote in the English language delivered at a Harvard graduation.)

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names, but all contain truth.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnessesbehind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.