Muhammad Ali Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

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

“The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists.”

“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.”