Muhammad Ali said plenty of things, some of his words became timeless quotes.
There was only one Muhammad Ali, and we all know what kind of personality he embodied. A legend by nature, character, and his expertise in one of the most brutal sports in the world. Some may call him a controversial figure due to his nonchalant attitude and boisterous nature. However, that doesn’t diminish the fact that Ali was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and remains a sporting icon who continues to inspire us.
Regardless, the Ali we knew had a certain charm about him. Whatever he said, even with its flaws and unorthodox style, was worth listening to. It was entertaining and carried immense weight in his iconic quotes.
“The Louisville Lip,” a boxer-poet who danced like a butterfly, stung like a bee, and roared like a lion. Muhammad Ali. He shook up the world not just in rings, but on streets, chanting for equality. From Olympic gold to draft defiance, his fists spoke truth, his words sparked change.
A champion thrice dethroned, he rose against racism, war, and illness, his indomitable spirit shining brighter than any trophy. Ali, more than a fighter, a beacon of defiance, a whisper of hope, a roar for justice. His legacy, a canvas painted with courage, splashed with victory, and forever etched in our hearts.
So here is the list of most inspirational quotes from Muhammad Ali:
1) I’m young, I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat.
2) If you even dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologise.
3) I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.
4) I wrestled with an alligator, I tussled with a whale, only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I’m so mean I make medicine sick.
5) If they can make penicillin out of a modly bread, they can sure make something out of you.
6) Float like a butterfly sting like a bee – his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see. Now you see me, now you don’t. George think he will but I know he won’t.
7) How tall are you? So I can know in advance how far I’ve to step back when you fall down.
8) It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
9) It’s not bragging, if you can back it up.
10) Don’t count the days, make the days count.
11) Bragging is something when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.
12) I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.
13) A man who has no imagination has no wings.
14) It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.
15) Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.
16) A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
17) Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.
18) Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
19) 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.
Whether you call it quotes of Muhammad Ali or his wisdom, in reality, he just spoke that way. Quite unwavering and without a shadow of a doubt, Ali said and lived by his own rules.
