Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.
Muhammad AliI say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.
Muhammad AliNobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men, showing a lot of 'em, here is one man they couldn't defeat, couldn't conquer. My mission is to bring freedom to 30m black people
Muhammad AliThe greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most
Muhammad Ali