Quotes from Muhammad Ali

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.

God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.

Some people have special resources inside, and when God blesses you to have more than others, you have a responsibility to use it right

We are all God's people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn't see colors.

I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.

I'm so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.

I'm relyin' on Almighty God, Allah, and whatever happens happens.

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.

We believe that the Honorable Elijah Mohammed is the apostle of Allah, God, but I'm only a helper and a minister of his.

God works through people. It's not me.

Since I won't let the critics seal my fate, they keep hollering I'm full of hate. But they don't really hurt me none, 'cause I'm doing good and having fun.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

Parkinson's is my toughest fight. No, it doesn't hurt. It's hard to explain. I'm being tested to see if I'll keep praying, to see if I'll keep my faith. All great people are tested by God.

Who's gonna dare to be great?

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

Home is the place you can go when you're whipped.

I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.