Muhammad Ali Foreman Quotes

The man with no imagination has no wings. ~ Muhammad Ali

Jimmy Connors plays two tennis matches and winds up with $850,000, and Muhammad Ali fights for one bout and winds up with five million bucks. Me, I play 190 games
if you count exhibitions
and I'm overpaid! ~ Johnny Bench

What's my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems ~ Muhammad Ali

When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which otherwise would have been accomplished. ~ Muhammad Ali

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate. ~ Muhammad Ali

I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age. ~ Muhammad Ali

I would still ask the government not to drive the people of India to desperation, or else there is no other course left open to the people except to inaugurate the policy of non-cooperation, though not necessarily the programme of Mr. Gandhi. ~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted. ~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing the price of petrol. We were oppressed for 35 years. We are like a sick patient who is in need of care, and they are increasing prices ~ Muhammad Ali

art is worthless
unless it plants
a measure of splendor in people's hearts ~ Taha Muhammad Ali

I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair and blue eyes? Why is the Lord's supper all white men? Angels are white, the Pope, Mary, and even the angels.' I said, 'Mother, when we die, do we go to Heaven?' She said, 'Naturally we go to Heaven.' I said, 'Well, what happened to all the black angels?' ~ Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine. ~ Conor McGregor

The unprecedented 3rd Heavyweight Championship Title won by Muhammad Ali, his final victory, will stand as one of the greatest human achievements in all of sporting history". ~ Paul Leo Faso

Muhammad Ali has a lot to answer for. When he lit the flame at the Atlanta Olympics there wasn't a dry eye on the planet. Why were we crying? Because a great sportsman had been reduced to this-a shuffling, mumbling, twitching cripple. A man who once danced like a butterfly now shook like blancmange.
We always remember sportsmen. When the body deserts a scientist like Stephan Hawking we figure that he'll be able to live in his mind, but a crippled athlete is like a bird with a broken wing. When you soar the heights the landing is harder. ~ Michael Robotham

That's okay, I'm still the Greatest. ~ Muhammad Ali

I don't see no black and white couples in England or America walking around proud holding their children and going out. ~ Muhammad Ali

What keeps me going is goals. ~ Muhammad Ali

The one without dreams is the one without wings. ~ Muhammad Ali

By the time Gandhi met Muhammad Ali in Delhi in April 1915it was, Gandhi said, 'love at first sight.' ~ Joseph Lelyveld

All I want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point. Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls. I'm through talking ~ Muhammad Ali

You don't have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe. ~ Muhammad Ali

Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does. ~ Muhammad Ali

The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet. ~ Muhammad Ali

Even when I knew people were cheating me, what was important was how I behaved, because I have to answer to God. I can't be responsible for other people's actions: They will have to answer to God themselves ~ Muhammad Ali

Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike. ~ Muhammad Ali

Only the nose knows
Where the nose goes
When the door close. ~ Muhammad Ali

A long time ago, I took a walk down a street in Harlem in New York City. I came upon a man who asked me for a dollar. He had asked a few other people before me, but they only passed him by without glancing his way. I stopped and handed the man some money. As I began to turn away, he reached out and shook my hand. He looked me in the eyes and said, "I will bless you." Now, I'm not saying that was God Himself. But how do we know that it wasn't someone working for him, walking around in disguise, just to see what we would do? ~ Muhammad Ali

Christians are my brothers, Hindus are my brothers, all of them are my brothers. We just think different and believe different. ~ Muhammad Ali

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking. ~ Muhammad Ali

What keeps me going are goals. ~ Muhammad Ali

It is not difficult to destroy Islam. Islam is the pumped up ego of a megalomaniac psychopath. Muhammad was a narcissist madman. Just as a huge balloon can be deflated by a small needle, all it takes to make Islam explode is to ridicule its loony inventor and its brainless followers. ~ Ali Sina

Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so there's always going to be trouble and chaos. ~ Muhammad Ali

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK. ~ Muhammad Ali

I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. ~ Muhammad Ali

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

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here. ~ Muhammad Ali

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

Now, if I even say the wrong thing I make the news. ~ Muhammad Ali

Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans ~ Muhammad Ali

Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight. ~ Muhammad Ali

I'd like to live to a hundred ~ Muhammad Ali

We can't be brave without fear. ~ Muhammad Ali

I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail. ~ Muhammad Ali

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

How many times have you seen Muslims quote an ayah of the Quran and their eyes were full of anger? Let me tell you, that is not how Angel Jibril brought the Quran to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and that's not how our Prophet recited the Quran to his people. ~ Nouman Ali Khan

I used to ask my brother Rudy to throw rocks at me. I'd dodge every one. That's how I learned how to bob and weave: ducking rocks. ~ Muhammad Ali

A man who views the world the same ... ~ Muhammad Ali