Muhammad Ali Quotes About Rings

Quotes about: Rings

• For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.

  Muhammad Ali

  Jesus, Teaching, Men

  "Watching Rocky Ii With Muhammad Ali" by Roger Ebert, www.rogerebert.com. July 31, 1979.

• Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Jan 11, 2016

• What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Exhausted, Rings, Can Do

  Twitter post from Jun 22, 2015

• Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.

  Muhammad Ali

  Reason, Rings, No Reason

  Comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round, July 1971.

• Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.

  Muhammad Ali

  Positive, Brother, Good Life

• There is one hell of a difference between fighting in the ring and going to war in Vietnam.

  Muhammad Ali

  War, Fighting, Differences

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2013

• My face is so pretty, you don’t see a scar, which proves I’m the king of the ring by far.

  Muhammad Ali

  Kings, Faces, Scar

  Twitter post from Nov 30, 2010

• When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Fighting, Successful

  Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali (2013). “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

• I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.

  Muhammad Ali

  Race, Boxing, Heavyweights

• There live a great man named Joe
  who was belittled by a loudmouth foe.
  While his rival would taunt and tease
  Joe silently bore the stings.
  And then fought like gladiator in the ring.

  Muhammad Ali

  Men, Rivals, Tease

  "The Soul of a Butterfly". Book by Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, 2004.

• We are stone enemies when the bell rings

  Muhammad Ali

  Enemy, Bells, Stones

  Twitter post from Dec 04, 2012

• They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I`m going to the war. They say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, what`s the difference? And I like to say to those critics of the press and the others that there is one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in a ring and going to war in Vietnam.

  Muhammad Ali

  War, Fighting, Differences

  The Rachel Maddow Show, www.msnbc.com. December 30, 2015.

• In the ring I can stay until I’m old and gray because I know how to hit and dance away

  Muhammad Ali

  Gray, Rings, Know How

  Twitter post from Mar 31, 2016

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