Quotes from Muhammad Ali

I would like to say that I am not an apostle of the Muslim religion.

The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself that no man could destroy or take away from me.

When I meet a new person, I don't see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.

I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

Once the Choice is Made, Do Not Look Back, Do Not Second-Guess Your Decisions

I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

It's in my blood to be around people while I was training.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.

The white man is destroying the world.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

It's not bragging if you can back it up.

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

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

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Children make you want to start life over.

White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.