Quotes from Muhammad Ali

Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

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

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

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.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

In Ali change creation faith growth hope humor life living Muhammad Ali transformation wonder If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

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.

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.

No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters.

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.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

Oh! how the hours hasten to change into days, the days into months, the months into years, and those into life's annihilation!

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

America is the greatest country in the world.