Famous Boxer Quotes - Page 3

• If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.

  Muhammad Ali

  Friendship, Best Friend, True Friend

  Twitter post from Dec 29, 2016

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• 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.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Sports, Determination

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 10, 2014

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• Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

  Muhammad Ali

  Change, Money, War

  Twitter post from Dec 13, 2010

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• It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Faith, Sports

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2017

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• It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

  Muhammad Ali

  Funny, Sports, Jobs

  Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

  Muhammad Ali

  Strength, Sports, Inspiration

  Twitter post from Nov 24, 2014

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• The man who has no imagination has no wings.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Dec 05, 2010

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• At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

  Muhammad Ali

  Nice, Home, Humble

  Twitter post from Jun 10, 2012

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• Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

  Muhammad Ali

  Basketball, Kindness, Fighting

  Twitter post from May 26, 2010

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• God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

  Muhammad Ali

  Numbers, Illness

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• Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Fighting, Hands

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• The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Success, Dance

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Nov 17, 2014

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• There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

  Muhammad Ali

  Retirement, Greatness, People

  Twitter post from Dec 11, 2009

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• I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

  Muhammad Ali

  Sports, Boxing, World

  Twitter post from Nov 25, 2009

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• It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

  Muhammad Ali

  Boxing, Gorillas, Killers

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• It's the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

  Muhammad Ali

  Believe, Accomplish Nothing, People

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• That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

  George Foreman

  Positive, Fighting, Mma

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• The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Real, Boxing

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• It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

  Muhammad Ali

  Shoes, Mountain, Boxing Champions

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Oct 20, 2014

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• You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Running, Inspirational Sports, Winning

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• When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

  Richard Gibbons

  Dad, Growing Up, Father

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