44 Top Best Legendary Boxer’s Motivational Muhammad Ali Quotes

Muhammed Ali is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was three times the heavyweight champion of the world. His incredible speed, agility and strength are some of his specialities. Ali was not only a boxer but an intelligent man full of wisdom. Ali was a controversial figure and he used the media to increase his audience. He took boxing at the age of 12. In fact, Ali was so good that he became a good boxer in a short period of time and started to dominate any boxing tournaments he entered.

Most of his fights, among them the matches with Joe Frazier and George Foreman are some of the famous in all of boxing history. Ali became the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 21. Ali was also sentenced to prison for 3 years for denouncing the draft. His protests and resistance towards the war made him a free spirit and inspired many people. Below are some of the motivational quotes from Muhammad Ali.

Also, read our quotes compilation of Bruce Lee.

Best 44 Quotes By Incredible Boxer Muhammad Ali

1.) “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.”

2.) “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

3.) “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”

4.)“I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.”

5.) “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

6.)“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.”

7.) “Friendship … is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

8.) “It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”

9.) “A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

10.)“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

11.) “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

12.) “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

13.) “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

14.)“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

15.) “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.”

16.)“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”

17.) “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it.”

18.) “I’ve wrestled with alligators / I’ve tussled with a whale / I done handcuffed lightning / And throw thunder in jail.”

19.)“There are no pleasures in a fight, but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”

20.) “Don’t count the days; make the days count.”

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

22.) “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.”

23.)“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.”

24.) “To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If not pretend you are.”

25.) “Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.”

26.) “What keeps me going is goals.”

27.)“What you are thinking is what you are becoming.”

28.) “Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.”

29.)It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.

30.) “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”

31.)The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

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

33.)My toughest fight was with my first wife.

34.) Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.

35.)  It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

36.) Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.

37.) No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.

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

39.) The man with no imagination has no wings.

40.) The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

41.) My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

42.) The critics only made me work harder.

43.) “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.”

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

Conclusion

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