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
revenge fighting worry
If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.
race boxing heavyweights
I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.
hurt counting
I don't count my situps. I only start counting once it starts hurting.
strong men he-man
The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.
hate fighting way
You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.
grandmother boxing tears
Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head.
doors noses knows
Only the nose knows Where the nose goes When the door close.
country men white-man
Black people in America will never be free so long as they're on the white man's land...We can't be free until we get our own land and our own country in North America. When we separate from America and take maybe ten states, then we'll be free.
fighting differences boxing
If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.
book boxing greatest-book
I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history
cassius limbs cassius-clay
Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!
fighting black satellites
Who would have thought, when they came to the fight, that they'd witness a launchin' of a black satellite
brother rocks bob
I used to ask my brother Rudy to throw rocks at me. I'd dodge every one. That's how I learned how to bob and weave: ducking rocks.
fighting firsts looks
I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me!