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

- Muhammad Ali

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

- Muhammad Ali

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.

- Muhammad Ali

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

- Muhammad Ali

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

- Muhammad Ali

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

- Muhammad Ali

White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.

- Muhammad Ali

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

- Muhammad Ali

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

- Muhammad Ali

I shook up the world, I shook up the world.

- Muhammad Ali

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

- Muhammad Ali

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

- Muhammad Ali

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

- Muhammad Ali

I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.'

- Muhammad Ali

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

- Muhammad Ali

What keeps me going is goals.

- Muhammad Ali

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.

- Muhammad Ali

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

- Muhammad Ali

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

- Muhammad Ali

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

- Muhammad Ali