Famous Boxer Quotes

• Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

  George Foreman

  Music, Sports, People

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• Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

  Muhammad Ali

  Birthday, Uplifting, Greatness

  Twitter post from May 16, 2009

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• When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

  Muhammad Ali

  Peace, Men, Boxing

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2011

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• If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspiring, Encouraging, Sports

  Twitter post from Dec 22, 2010

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• Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

  Muhammad Ali

  Love, Life, Relationship

  Twitter post from Jan 07, 2011

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• It's not bragging if you can back it up.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Fighting, Greatness

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2011

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• It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Apr 25, 2009

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• Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Men, White Man

  Attributed in "Chambers Sporting Quotations‎" by Simon James, (p. 27), 1990.

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• Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Beauty, Sports

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• I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Self Confidence, Vanity

  Twitter post from Jul 15, 2010

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• To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Giving, Wish

  Twitter post from Nov 07, 2010

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• My toughest fight was with my first wife.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Sports, Fighting

  "Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 2009.

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

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Past, Boxing

  "Muhammad Ali: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2012.

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  Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2011

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  Don't count the days, make the days count.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 29, 2011

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• Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Sports, Spiritual

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• I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Feb 18, 2013

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• It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

  Muhammad Ali

  Life, Motivational, Believe

  Twitter post from Feb 13, 2010

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  I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Feb 20, 2011

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• I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

  Muhammad Ali

  Positive, Motivational Sports, Inspiration

  Twitter post from Dec 08, 2010

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• If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

  Muhammad Ali

  Hilarious, Dream, Love Yourself

  Twitter post from Sep 16, 2010

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• I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Jan 18, 2011

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• He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2011

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• I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.

  Muhammad Ali

  Long, People, Boxing

  "Essay: 'The Greatest' Losses: What Prince and Muhammad Ali Shared" by Chandra Thomas Whitfield, www.nbcnews.com. June 8, 2016.

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• My way of joking is to tell the truth

  George Bernard Shaw

  Truth, Boxing, Joking Around

  1904 Peter Keegan to Nora Reilly. John Bull's Other Island, act 2.

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