Muhammad Ali Quotes

Ill tell you how Id like to be remembered: As a black man who won the heavyweight title - Who has humorous and who never looked down on those who looked up to him - A man who stood for freedom, justice and equality - And I wouldnt even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.

Muhammad Ali

We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesnt matter whether youre a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you cant love only some of his children

Muhammad Ali

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

Muhammad Ali

Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. In 1959, he went throughout the Holy City of Mecca to dine and wine with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and all of the black, mainly the rulers of the Islamic countries.

Muhammad Ali

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

Muhammad Ali

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Dont be afraid to take that first step.

Muhammad Ali

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Dont quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Muhammad Ali

I would say that I put down a lot of the white American culture, and ways, and beliefs.

Muhammad Ali

Champions arent made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Muhammad Ali

Dont count the days, make the days count.

Muhammad Ali

I dont smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, Ali you cant even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?

Muhammad Ali

The Holy Koran, our religious book, teaches us, that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, do not participate in no wars, in no way, fashion or form, that take the lives of other humans.

Muhammad Ali

What you are thinking is what you are becoming.

Muhammad Ali

In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didnt want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked and they didnt want me. But as soon as my name was Mohammed Ali, as soon as I announced I was a Muslim, then all of a sudden I became smart.

Muhammad Ali

If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.

Muhammad Ali

We cannot change the Koran or make no modifications, this cannot be done, or it would no longer be holy.

Muhammad Ali

Most people dont pray until theyre in trouble. When people need help they pray a lot. But after they get what they want, they slow down. If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean. Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.

Muhammad Ali

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause In my mind the losers are those who dont have a cause they care about.

Muhammad Ali

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

Muhammad Ali

Islam religion has no color distinction, we are just Muslims.

Muhammad Ali