My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way


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At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don&...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the...
MUHAMMAD ALI
When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Oly...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beaut...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the r...
MUHAMMAD ALI
No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white gi...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S....
MUHAMMAD ALI
I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brin...
MUHAMMAD ALI
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.
MUHAMMAD ALI
The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep...
MUHAMMAD ALI
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have se...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I don't have to be what you want me to be.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist.
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep co...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Don't feel sorry for me.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow,...
MUHAMMAD ALI
America is the greatest country in the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when J...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people ...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower.
MUHAMMAD ALI
I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better...
MUHAMMAD ALI
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That&#...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before...
MUHAMMAD ALI
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
MUHAMMAD ALI
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
MUHAMMAD ALI
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
MUHAMMAD ALI
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
MUHAMMAD ALI
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
MUHAMMAD ALI
All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens yo...
LAILA ALI
Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows...
LAILA ALI
People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of t...
LAILA ALI
My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such a...
LAILA ALI
I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a ...
LAILA ALI
I want to encourage women to take control of their health.
LAILA ALI
I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste...
LAILA ALI
My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I ...
LAILA ALI
I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things.
LAILA ALI
I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'...
LAILA ALI
I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ...
LAILA ALI
I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because...
LAILA ALI
I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap va...
LAILA ALI
Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
LAILA ALI
People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If...
LAILA ALI
I like to play by my own rules.
LAILA ALI
My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated...
LAILA ALI
You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
LAILA ALI
While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind w...
LAILA ALI
I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and ma...
LAILA ALI
I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wante...
LAILA ALI
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
LAILA ALI
There's this Method Man album called 'Tical.' It's his first album. I would just lis...
MAHERSHALA ALI
My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was al...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
MAHERSHALA ALI
People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
MAHERSHALA ALI
In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the ...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, dep...
MAHERSHALA ALI
Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It'...
MAHERSHALA ALI
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is diff...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the ri...
MAHERSHALA ALI
You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse wor...
MAHERSHALA ALI
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to wh...
MAHERSHALA ALI
There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That's always been a part of me - those are some of t...
MAHERSHALA ALI