15 Muhammad Ali Quotes To Inspire Your Greatness

Before you can become greatness, you must believe you are greatness itself. No man personified knew this more than boxing legend, Muhammad Ali. As part of his legacy, he leaves us with his words to inspire every last one of us to our own level of greatness. Read, believe and take action.

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1. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

2. “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.”

3. “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

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4. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”

5. “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”

6. “Live every day as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.”

7. “The will must be stronger than the skill.”

8. “I don’t count the sit-ups. I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count. That’s what makes you a champion.”

9. “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.”

10. “I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I was really the greatest.”

11. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it–then I can achieve it.”

12. “A man who has no imagination has no wings.”

13. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.”

14. “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”

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15. “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”