I decided to write this page having completed a hub called '25 Famous Boxing Quotes', which was in danger of becoming a list of 25 Famous Muhammed Ali Quotes. Instead I left all Ali quotes off of the list and felt that the man who made exciting boxing quotes mandatory deserved a showcase all of his own. So here you have it, 25 Famous Muhammad Ali Quotes:-

1. "Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

2. "Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."

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

4. "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."

5. "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was"

6. "It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

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

8. “When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble.”

9. “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.”

10. “If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.”

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

12. “I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.”

13. "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.”

14. "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.”

15. "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.”

16. "Give up what appears to be doubtful for what is certain. Truth brings peace of mind, and deception doubt.”

17. "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.”

18. “I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”

19. "To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

20. “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.”

21. “We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.”

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

23. "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.”

24. "I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.”

25. “I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger.”