J Ali Quotes

It's been my experience that the longer I do yoga, the more I want to know, the more I am able to understand and the less judgmental I am.

There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.

There's the shared imagery between hip-hop and comics, with some producers and emcees taking on super hero personas.

If you're a fan of my work and I'm a fan of your work, it just seems logical for us to work on something together.

When you think of a collaboration, you think about people being in the same space.

Every artist has a very particular sound and style.

Unfortunately, on May 2, 2011, we killed bin Laden, but we didn't kill his message. His message lives.

I still don't think like that. Because of Benazir, nobody else [in her party] was thinking about leadership. This position comes about only because of the vacuum that was created with her death.

There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.

We must reclaim and retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women.

Americans have always welcomed people of all backgrounds, religions, and races. It's a spirit of tolerance, now energized and amplified by the cult of multiculturalism.

...Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.

Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.

Don't get offended, there's no need for insecurity, Age is but a number, it's all about maturity.

On the contrary Deepika feels inferior to other people I was surprised when I realised it. She is straightforward & very giving

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes - anything from Nina Simone to Beethoven to Talvin Singh.

Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.

I'm not trying to get power over white. I'm involved in a freedom struggle. Not a power struggle.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way.

Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.

He's too ugly to be the champ!

When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked the world. I am from the House of Shock

War on nations changes maps. War on poverty maps change.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night

I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white.

I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches

It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

We cannot change the Koran or make no modifications, this cannot be done, or it would no longer be holy.

You know I hate fighting. If I knew how to make a living some other way, I would.

It's ain't sad that I want my child to look like me? Every intelligent person wants their child to look like him.

Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.

The only way for peace between the races is a separation of the races.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!

There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

I didn't deny nothing I believe. I'm still the same everything.

I have the world heavyweight title not because it was 'given' to me, not because of my race or religion, but because I won it in the ring through my own boxing ability.

You got black people in an all-white country and they don't know nothing about themselves.

Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.

I've got it! I've got it! It'll make front-page headlines around the world. You can have me kidnapped, and then a couple of days before the fight I'll show up again

I love my people and I don't hate nobody and it keeps me out of trouble.

In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first

I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

Religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times

That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.

Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!