Muhammad Ali Quotes

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

“You lose nothing when you fight for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.”

“One person with knowledge of his life’s purpose is more powerful than ten thousand working without that knowledge.”

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

“Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world.”

“Each time I thought I had achieved my life’s purpose, I discovered it was only another step in my journey.”

“When we devote all of our actions to a spiritual goal, everything that we do becomes a prayer.”

“God will not place a burden on a man’s shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.”

“Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision.”

“I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”

“Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.”

“I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.”

“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”

“We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning how to make a life.”

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”

“Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats.”

“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

“We can’t be brave without fear.”

“It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most.”

“Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion.”

“If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”

“True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.”

“My principles are more important than the money or my title.”

“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.”

“It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you down. It's the pebble in your shoe.”

“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.”

“The man who views the world at 50 the same he did at 20 has wasted thirty years of his life.”

“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me but rude to the waiter, because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

“Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”

“The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.”