Happy Birthday Ali

Muhammad Ali is 70 today. Here’s a selection of quotes from The Greatest


"Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

"When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace."

"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."

"I'm the best. I just haven't played yet." Ali on golf

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."

"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."

"I think maybe my Parkinson's is God's way of reminding me what is important. It slowed me down and caused me to listen rather than talk. Actually, people pay more attention to me now because I don't talk as much."