Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.
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.
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.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.
Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone and hospitalized a brick.
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.
I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
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.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
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