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 ALITo be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
More Muhammad Ali Quotes
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Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer.
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To succeed, all I need to do is suffer.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise.
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I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
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The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier.
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Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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I try to learn as much as I can because I know nothing compared to what I need to know.
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Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do – they all contain truths
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Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
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I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.
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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.
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Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.
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What counts in the ring is what you can do after you’re exhausted. The same is true of life.
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I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
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The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.
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