Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

— Muhammad Ali

My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.

— Muhammad Ali

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

— Muhammad Ali

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

— Muhammad Ali

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

— Muhammad Ali

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

— Muhammad Ali

Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

— Muhammad Ali

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

— 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

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