Here are some of Muhammad Ali's best quotes (in no particular order):
1. “Live everyday as if it were your last because someday
you're going to be right.”
2. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room
here on earth."
3. "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast. I can't possibly
be beat."
4. "Don’t count the days; make the days count."
5. “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then
I can achieve it."
6. “It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I
am."
7. “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out;
it’s the pebble in your shoe.”
8. “If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and
apologize.”
9. “Braggin' is when a person says something and can’t do
it. I do what I say.”
11. "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."
12. "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick."
13. "I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way
I'll ever get licked."
14. “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small
men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore
the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential.
Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
15. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will
accomplish nothing in life.”
16. "A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did
at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”
17. “I’m not the greatest, I’m the double greatest.”
18. "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves
pound the sand. I beat people up."
19. "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
20. “How tall
are you? So I can know in advance how far to step back when you fall
down!”
21. "A man who has no imagination has no
wings."
22. "He’s (Sonny Liston) too ugly to be the world
champ. The world champ should be pretty like me!"
23. "I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe
Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own."
24. "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."