11 memorable quotes from boxing legend Ali

“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.”

“float like a butterfly sting like a bee the hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.”

“Go to college, stay in school. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”

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

“Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer.”

“Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.”

“Rivers, ponds, lakes, and streams – they all have different names, but they all contain water.Just as religions do – they all contain truths.”

“I may not talk perfect white talk-type English but I give you wisdom.”

“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.”

“It easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it.”

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find.”