Muhammad Ali is a retired American boxer. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated. He won the World Heavyweight Boxing championship three times, and won the North American Boxing Federation championship as well as an Olympic gold medal. Here is what the man had to say:
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| Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest. | |
| Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see. | |
| If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind! | |
| Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. | |
| God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not number One; he is. | |
| Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. | |
| He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. | |
| I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right. | |
| I done wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, handcuffed lightnin, threw thunder in jail. Only last week I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I'm so mean I make medicine sick. | |
| I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. | |
| I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. | |
| I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on. | |
| I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy. | |
| I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. | |
| 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. | |
| I'm the best. I just haven't played yet. | |
| I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived 'cause there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them. | |
| If Allah says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up. | |
| If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. | |
| It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. | |
| It's not bragging if you can back it up. | |
| My toughest fight was with my first wife. | |
| 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. | |
| Pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man. | |
| Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it. | |
| Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. | |
| Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. | |
| Superman don't need no seat belt. | |
| The man who has no imagination has no wings. | |
| The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. | |
| To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. | |
| Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. | |
| Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise. | |
| When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble. | |
| Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are. | |
| Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up. | |
| I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. | |
| I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I'm so great I don't have a mark on my face. I shook up the world. | |
| Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it. | |
| Last night I had a dream, When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle. | |
| I'm so fast, man, I can run through a hurricane and not get wet. | |
| When George Foreman meets me, he'll pay his debt. | |
| I can drown the drink of water, and kill a dead tree. Wait till you see Muhammad Ali. |
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