The late Muhammad Ali was not just a boxer. He transcended the ropes. He was a philosopher, teacher and a great entertainer with infectious humour. Below are some of his famous quotes:

“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get
used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours;
my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”

“I’ve wrestled with alligators,
I’ve tussled with a whale.
I done handcuffed lightning
And throw thunder in jail.
You know I’m bad.
just last week, I murdered a rock,
Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick.
I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.”

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

“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. 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.”

“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.”

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

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

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”

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

“The man with no imagination has no wings.”

“The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.”

“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”

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

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

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

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