Muhammad Ali Quotes, Thoughts and images

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

What you are thinking is what you are becoming.

What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

It's hard to beat a guy when he's got his mind made up that he's going to win.

When you're right, nobody remembers. When you're wrong, nobody forgets.

Live every day as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.

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

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves

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

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

My only fault is that I don't realize how great I am.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

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

There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.

We have one life / It soon will be passed / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

My toughest opponent has always been me.

There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.