About Muhammad Ali

American boxer and three-time world heavyweight champion. (1942-2016)

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More from Muhammad Ali

• The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.Interview in Playboy (November 1975)
• I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.Statement after losing to Ken Norton (March 31, 1973)
• Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.As quoted in Jet (August 1992)
• It's a lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.As quoted in 101 Best Ways to Get Ahead (2004)
• If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.As quoted by George Plimpton, TIME 100 (June 14, 1999)
• Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.Pre-fight chant (1964); the line was coined by his cornerman Drew Bundini Brown

More quotes on habits and discipline

• Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that gets you what you want out of life.Ray Dalio
• Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.Naval Ravikant
• If the design takes a long time to build, it's the wrong design.Elon Musk
• If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?Tom Peters
• Good is the enemy of great.Jim Collins
• A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.Jim Collins

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