Laila Ali Quotes

I was kind of a jock in school. Beauty wasn't something I spent a lot of time on.

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type.

I was an extreme tomboy. I did competitive gymnastics for over 10 years. I cut my hair like Winona Ryder, with that little pixie cut.

Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.

I understand that the average person can't imagine damaging their looks in any way if it could be avoided. But I don't value my physical beauty to the point where I would not do something I truly enjoy because I'm afraid of potentially hurting something superficial.

I spent my life playing heroes because I looked like one.

I'd rather be in the ring, 10 times out of 10.

I feel I have the power and the skillset to compete in any division up to welterweight.

I know I'm not a woman's fantasy man; I don't have to uphold this image of male beauty, so that's kind of a relief in a way.

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.

When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look bloody awful. I think I'm turning into the actress from 'Dynasty,' Linda Evans.

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

I don't think I'm particularly beautiful at all.

That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suffering right now because it's out of your hands what happens to you with age.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

I don't think my eyes are stunning as some people's are.