Muhammad Ali Quotes

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

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.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle.

Everyone can train hard when they are feeling good. But it's the days when you're feeling bad that you have to step up. That's when champions step up. They pull through.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

It wasn't until my late twenties that I learned that by working out I had given myself a great gift. I learned that nothing good comes without work and a certain amount of pain. When I finish a set that leaves me shaking, I know more about myself. When something gets bad, I know it can't be as bad as that workout.

Like running trying to live a good life has to hurt a little bit, or we're not running hard enough, not really trying.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.

If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

One of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

I just have to keep working hard.

Boxing has been the most difficult thing I've ever done. The biggest challenge in my life. I was a boxer. That was hard. Everything else is pretty easy.

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

You can make it if you try, push a little harder, think a little deeper.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

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

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.