Ali Quotes

Ali always said I would be nothing without him, but who would he have been without me? (Joe Frazier)
I don't smoke but I keep a match box in my pocket, when my heart slips towards sin, I burn the matchstick and heat my palm with it, then say to myself, "Ali you can't even bear this heat, how would you bear the unbearable heat of hellfire?". View quote
Muhammad Ali
Ali kept calling me ugly, but I never thought of myself as being any uglier than him, I have 11 babies, somebody thought I was cute. View quote
Joe Frazier
I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. View quote
Husayn ibn Ali
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali. View quote
Wilt Chamberlain
If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up. View quote
Muhammad Ali
I still can't believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I first met Ali in 1976. I was locked up in a juvenile home and he came to visit. I've never forgotten it. View quote
Mike Tyson
Mir Bahadur Ali is, as we have seen, incapable of evading the most vulgar of art's temptations: that of being a genius. View quote
Jorge Luis Borges
Yes, I first visited Korphe village, Braldu valley, Baltistan, Pakistan, after failing to summit K2 in 1993, and met Haji Ali, a long time dear mentor and friend. My second visit to Korphe was in 1994. View quote
Greg Mortenson
Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised. View quote
Arthur Hiller
In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure. (Dick Schaap)
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali. View quote
Dick Schaap
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh. View quote
Gerry Cooney
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. View quote
Lennie James
Then you get into it, especially if you start talking about football, fighting and Muhammad Ali. Then the ladies get very bored and start delivering ultimatums. View quote
Oliver Reed
Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion. View quote
Robert Goulet
But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in. View quote
Roone Arledge
My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons. View quote
Randy Castillo
Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero. View quote
Will McDonough
I cannot understand why the Ali Brothers are going to be arrested as the rumours go, and why I am to remain free. They have done nothing which I would not do. If they had sent a message to the Amir, I also would send one to inform the Amir that if he came, no Indian so long as I can help it, would help the Government to drive him back. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
I am sending two of my followers with Mir Hussain Ali. With their assistance, you should capture and kill all Hindus. Those below 20 may be kept in prison and 5,000 from the rest should be killed by hanging from the tree-tops. These are my orders. (Tipu Sultan)
I am who I am, and yes, I whipped Ali all three times. View quote
Joe Frazier
We chose to march in the streets demanding the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, an end to his corrupt and failed regime and the establishment of a modern democratic state...Yemen is now facing a complete vacuum of authority; we are without a president or parliament. Mr. Saleh may be gone, but authority has not yet been transferred to a transitional presidential council endorsed by the people. View quote
Tawakkol Karman
I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation. View quote
Howard Cosell
Crowd screaming chanting ALI! ALI! Legends die hard and Ali is learning that even he can not be forever young. View quote
Howard Cosell