Muhammad Ali1942–2016The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.
Interview in Playboy magazine (November 1975)He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
Attributed in Chambers Sporting Quotations (1990), by Simon James, p. 27I don’t always know what I’m talking about but I know I’m right.
Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.
On Joe Frazier- The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xvi
In a competition of love we’ll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.
The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xxiv
