Muhammad Ali

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

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

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

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 when the match is even.

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

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.

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

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his 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.'

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.