Muhammad Ali's Greatest Quotes

The boxing icon through his powerful words.

Identity - "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." (Photo: Tim Graham/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
War Not The Answer - "I ain't got nothing against no Viet Cong; no Viet Cong never called me n*****." (Photo: Edwin Feeny, Toronto star/Getty Images)
Tackling Bigotry - "Hating people because of their color is wrong and it doesn't matter which color does the hating...it's just plain wrong." (Photo: Harry Benson/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
People's Champ - "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." (Photo: Rogers/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)A Name is Not Just a Name - "Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name—it means beloved of God—and I insist people use it when people speak to me and of me."  (Photo: Central Press/Getty Images)

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War Not The Answer - "I ain't got nothing against no Viet Cong; no Viet Cong never called me n*****." (Photo: Edwin Feeny, Toronto star/Getty Images)

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