Muhammad Ali

The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself that no man could destroy or take away from me.

Muhammad Ali

The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain’t ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month?

Muhammad Ali

The same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children.The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, ‘let’s free my people now’. They’re with me on one part of my beliefs about the war, that’s all. Not for my freedom.

Muhammad Ali

The sun is always shining someplace.

Muhammad Ali

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

Muhammad Ali

There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

Muhammad Ali

There’s a reason I’m known – to bring people to Allah, to God.

Muhammad Ali

They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.

Muhammad Ali

This kid fights great he’s got speed and endurance, but if you sign to fight him, increase your insurance!

Muhammad Ali

Throughout my life, I never sought retribution against those who hurt me because I believe in forgiveness. I have practiced forgiving, just as I want to be forgiven. Only God knows what’s in a person’s heart, his true intentions. He sees and hears all things.

Muhammad Ali