Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are delayed because of prejudice, outrun the people who surrender to failure, and outrun the opponent who loses sight of the goal. Because if you want to win, the will can never retire, the race can never stop, and faith can never weaken.
Muhammad AliYou can do what you want. But it's nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own.
Muhammad AliI'll tell you how I'd 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 wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty I was.
Muhammad AliThere comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.
Muhammad AliI would like to say that whites jumped right behind Malcolm X. Theyโre makinโ a book about him, itโs required readinโ in all colleges now, and theyโre makinโ a movie about him, and projectinโ him as the leader and if you read his book and see the movie thatโs cominโ out, itโll make you hate Elijah Mohammed and the Muslims. Mainly, this is done to turn the black people against the real leader and Iโd like to say that this is the way white people rule.
Muhammad Ali