Muhammad Ali Quotes

 "There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up."

When asked about his golf game: "I'm the best. I just haven't played yet."

 "Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid—only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough."

 "I'm so mean I make medicine sick."

 "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."

 "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."

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

 "If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you."

On an upcoming fight with Floyd Patterson: "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on."

After failing an Army intelligence test: "I said I was the greatest, not the smartest."