Muhammad Ali's Greatest Quotes

The boxing icon through his powerful words.

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)
Truth in Jest? - "Boxing is a lot of white men watching two Black men beat each other up." (Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Definition of Success - "True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values."  (Photo: Vince Bucci/Getty Images for NAACP)
Influential - "Don't count the days, make the days count." (Photo: Brian Bahr/Getty Images)Wisdom - "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”(Photo: Hannah Foslien/Getty Images for Starkey Hearing Foundation

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Truth in Jest? - "Boxing is a lot of white men watching two Black men beat each other up." (Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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