Famous Boxer Quotes

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

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.

My way of joking is to tell the truth

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

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.

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

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

They Only Made One Mistake, They Signed This Fight.

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

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

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.

I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

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

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

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

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

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

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

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

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

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

Making it look easy is the hardest thing in the world to do.

Old age is just a record of one's whole life.