Muhammad Ali Quotes

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

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

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

My toughest opponent has always been me.

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

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

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

If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves

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

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

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

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

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

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

What you are thinking is what you are becoming.

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

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

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