Muhammad Ali Quotes

Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a training, discipline, and development of boys and young men remains.

In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

I just want to make money, get on with my life, and be involved in good fights. If I'm not going to be involved in good fights, then what's the point being a boxer?

What would I do without boxing? That's the question, isn't it?

I love to fight, but it's not just about the fight. You have to be healthy.

Goal number one is to be the welterweight champion of the world, and I'm away from my family way too often. This is a sport where we can make cash now.

I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.

No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgement.

I just want to fight the best guys that there is in the world and make the most money out of it.

We all play football to get money.

Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.

When I go to the ring, I'm providing for my family.

I box two to three times a week. I don't like going to the gym because it's boring. I really like boxing because you have to combine concentration and imagination. I feel like I'm actually learning something that's useful.

First and foremost, I love Riddick Bowe more than anybody else could love him. If I wasn't 100 percent sure that I was 100 percent sound, I wouldn't jeopardize my life by getting back into the ring.

Boxing is a noble sport.

Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

Boxing gives you discipline, it helps you physically and mentally.

My father is a trainer. From childhood, I would watch him train and kick and punch.

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

Nowadays, it's not more about the sport; it's about the business. All the boxers became businessmen, not boxers. They look just to get the money, not the glory.

The money thing, that's money, I don't play this for money, I play for the love of the game.

Money, autographs, I had no desire to even do that. I fell in love with fighting and those types of things became attached to it.

I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.

I never fought for money. I had a good career and legacy as featherweight champion.

I'm not out here just for the money. I want to be a great player.