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
struggle white trying
I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle.
struggle kentucky next-week
Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.
struggle pride dope
Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem.
struggle black-and-white needs
I need to get everything straight. I'm not involved in a power struggle between black and white.
hate struggle islamic
When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you can't get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because it's a boxing match.Never. Even Floyd Paterson, who condemned my Islamic religion and didn't want to call me Muhammad Ali and said I should've gone to the army and I should be in jail.
struggle odds achievement
The story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the face of great odds and difficulties.
struggle men pakistan
No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.
american-athlete butterfly floating
I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
knock pick pride
I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!
american-athlete hated life minute rest suffer
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
american-athlete great hard
When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.
ground pie sky
You don't want no pie in the sky when you die,/ You want something here on the ground while you're still around.
champions deep inside stronger
Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
life lose plague until worry
If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.