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

— Muhammad Ali

We can't be brave without fear.

— Muhammad Ali

What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.

— Muhammad Ali

When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.

— Muhammad Ali

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

— Muhammad Ali

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

— Muhammad Ali

When you're as great as I am it's hard to be humble.

— Muhammad Ali

Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once, and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.

— Muhammad Ali

You don’t have to be in a boxing ring to be a great fighter. As long as you are true to yourself, you will succeed in your fight for that in which you believe.

— Muhammad Ali

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

— Muhammad Ali