The best Quotes by Muhammad Ali

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The best Quotes by Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

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Ambition Training

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

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Experience Birthday Age

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

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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.

nach Niederlage gegen Ken Norton am 31.03.1973

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Ambition Losing & Defeat

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

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

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

Bees Butterflies

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

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

I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

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Muhammad Ali inspired those at the lowest level of life to reach the highest levels of life. Not just in boxing, but life.

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Arizona Chicken & Roosters Eggs

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I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything.

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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

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Ambition Work Patience & Endurance

Everyone has a plan - 'til they get punched in the mouth.

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Youth Age Generations

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Rafiki: "It doesn't matter, it's in the past."
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A good player knows how to win the game, a good character knows how to lose it, while smiling.

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Character Playing Losing & Defeat

When Capricorns let go of something, they let it go for good.

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Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

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Death Selflessness

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