Muhammad Ali

“Old age is just a record of one's whole life.”

“Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.”

“When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.”

“Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.”

“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”

“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”

“The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.”

“It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.”

“My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.”

“Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.”

“Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”

“The man who has no imagination has no wings.”

“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.”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

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

“I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill.”

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

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”

“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”