I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. - Muhammad Ali
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
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
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Muhammad Ali
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others. - Muhammad Ali
I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world. - Muhammad Ali
Friendship is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. - Muhammad Ali
It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. - Muhammad Ali
I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick. - Muhammad Ali
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. - Muhammad Ali
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
I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world. - Muhammad Ali
Hating people because of their colour is wrong. And it doesn't matter which colour does the hating. It's just plain wrong. - Muhammad Ali
I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived. - Muhammad Ali
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. - Muhammad Ali