A man with no imaginations has no wings.

When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.

I can't believe some of the things I did.Can't believe it. Sayin' I was the greatest and the beautifulist and I was gonna whup this guy and that guy, sayin' I'm pretty, I can't be beat.

In Florida I was illiterate, Boxing Authority didn't want me, then they had a special psychiatrist to come to Kentucky, they checked and they didn't 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.

We have one life / It soon will be past / What we do for God / Is all that will last.