Muhammad Ali's 20 Best Quotes of All Time
Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died on Friday, June 3, at the age of 74
Today, in memory of the man who not only was the greatest in the ring but who also made sure to tell you he was, we rank his greatest quips.Here are a list of some of his best quotes (in no particular order):
1. "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer."
2. "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."
3. "I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
4. "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
5. "I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'"
6. "I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want."
7. "The will must be stronger than the skill."
8."I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I was really the greatest."
9. "Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. You can't hit what your eyes don't see."
10. "Impossible is just a 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 potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."
11. "Don’t count the days; make the days count."
12. "To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are."
13. "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 last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
14. "What you're thinking is what you're becoming."
15. "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
16. "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
17. "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."
18. “If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”
19."A man who has no imagination has no wings."
20. "Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right."
Muhammad Ali is gone but never Forgotten. Ali will always be in our hearts.