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
brave be-brave
We can't be brave without fear.
mean color skins
Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.
motivational truth fighting
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
wise greatness knowing
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
eye boys white
Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered... I stood on a corner with a gang of boys, looking at pictures of him in the black newspapers and magazines. In one, he was laughing and happy. In the other, his head was swollen and bashed in, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, and his mouth twisted and broken... I couldn't get Emmett Till out of my mind, until one evening I thought of a way to get back at white people for his death.
white grandfather great-grandfather
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
kissing men land
Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.
names white black
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
believe people church
God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.
fighting winning advice
My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.
sleep fighting thinking
You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.
queens doctors england
Being Ali's doctor is somewhat like being gynacologist to the Queen of England. One does not have to do much to receive good press.
champion heavyweights world
It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman
heart natural-talent pursued
I had it in my heart. I believed in myself, and I had confidence. I knew how to do it, had natural talent and I pursued it.