82 Muhammad Ali Quotes About Life (TRAINING)

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

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Rumble, young man, rumble.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

All I can do is fight for truth and justice. I can’t save anybody. He’s a science fiction character, and I’m a real character.

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.

A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Don’t count the days; make the days count.

Friendship is a priceless gift that cannot be bought nor sold, but its value is far greater than a mountain made of gold.

Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.

It takes pride and tiger’s drive to build up the confidence, the ego the power to defeat an opponent in the ring.

I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

It’s funny, but those who hate me the most sometimes inspire me the most.

The critics only made me work harder.

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

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

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

I loved the smell of horse and hay and the sight of their beautiful bodies. Somehow it inspired me to train harder so my body could be in condition like that.

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.

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

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

If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.

A man who has no imagination has no wings.

We can’t be brave without fear.

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

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

Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.

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

I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me, but rude to a waiter because they would treat me the same if I were in that position.

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

We spend more time learning how to make a living than we do learning how to make a life.

Each time I thought I had achieved my ‘life’s purpose,’ I discovered it was only another step in my journey.

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.

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

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw thunder in jail.

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

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

Life is so, so short. Bible says it’s like a vapor.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

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

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

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you — until you get your revenge.

I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated.

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

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

Too many easy victories can ruin a fighter just as much as a long line of defeats.

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

I know I can learn to hit without getting hit.

People don’t realize what they had till it’s gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.