A list of Muhammad Ali quotes from the Greatest
of all time and a major reason why the world still loves Muhammad
Ali:
"Float like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee"
The above phrase was invented by Ali corner
man Drew 'Bundini' Brown and used throughout Muhammad Ali's
career. Often used with the extra lines "Rumble, young
man Rumble.....your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see"
"Get up and fight, Sucker!"
What Muhammad Ali said after knocking down Sonny
Liston in their second fight.
"He's too ugly to be the
world's Champ"
Ali's verdict on Sonny Liston
"My Name is Cassius Marcellus
Clay Jr. I'm the Golden Gloves champion of Louisville, Kentucky.
I won the Pan American Games a month ago and I'm going to
win the Olympics and I want to talk to you"
The first words of Muhammad Ali to Angelo Dundee
when they first met
"Hey Floyd!..I seen you!...Someday
I'm gonna whup you! Don't you forget, I am the greatest"
Meeting Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson
during the 1960 Olympic Games.
"I'm running down Broadway
and all of a sudden there's a truck coming at me. I run at
the truck and I wave my arms, and then I take off and I'm
flying.. and all the people are standing around and cheering
and waving at me. And I wave back and keep on flying. I dream
that dream all the time"
Ali's words to reporter Dick Schaap on returning
from the Olympics.
"I love to see my name
where everyone can read it. Someday I'm gonna see it in bright,
bright lights"
Speaking to a local reporter in Louisville,
Kentucky.
"When I lay a man down,
he's supposed to stay down! I should be champ before I am
21...you write that in your notebooks!"
Speaking to reporters after the Besmenoff fight.
Ali had knocked him down but Besmanoff struggled back to his
feet.. only for Ali to knock him down again.
"Archie's been living off
the fat of the land................
I'm here to give him his pension
plan...................... When
you come to the fight..................................
Don't block the halls and don't block the door...........
Cause ya all going home after
Round Four"
Muhammad Ali predicting the round he would beat
former trainer and the legendary Light Heavyweight Champion
Archie Moore.
"Marcellus vanquished Carthage............................
Cassius laid Julius Caesar Low..............................
And Clay will flatten Douglas Jones........................
With a mighty measured blow!"
Predicting the outcome of his fight with Doug
Jones.
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