Muhammad Quotes

I was always curious. And I always wondered why I had to die to go to Heaven.

If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

Being Ali's doctor is somewhat like being gynacologist to the Queen of England. One does not have to do much to receive good press.

Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight.

I want to be the first black man on the moon

Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

Will be a divine fight, a holy war...Armageddon on a miniature scale.

I'm pretty as a girl.

Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head.

That computer was made in Alabama

The show was bad, but I was great

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

There live a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease Joe silently bore the stings. And then fought like gladiator in the ring.

I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.

Who would thought only of themselves and kill their race? You would hate other people if you don't want to stay who you are.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.

I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.

We're not trying to take power away or rule anybody - we're just trying to get up from under the rulers.

I still looked the same - I had a swollen jaw.

If I kept my mouth shut, because I can make millions, that isn't doing nothing.

I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.

I never push in front my muscles, only my religion, so I'm protected.

Keep ambitions high, in front of God and people, Your credibility will be in proportion to your ambitions

Oppressors in front of the Lord, truth be told shall inherit oppression, while others receive gold.

O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.

Man's Heart serves as a transmitter and receiver from person to person and from servant to Glorious God.

Man is the being who needs a social life in order to secure mutual well-being. This has brought him much comfort. If man can generate this social life worldwide, it will be much better.

Man is the being who is involuntarily and voluntarily busy with himself and his surroundings, between two broadcasting stations of good and evil, until one or the other ultimately prevails.

Never lose hope,because ALLAH is always by your side.

Women have plans for themselves, for their children, about their home, the meals. They have a Vision. A man wants to enjoy himself.

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.

If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised.

The able bodied poor don't want or need charity.... All they need is financial capital.

Business money is limitless.

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care.

Poor people always pay back their loans. [...] It is us, the designers of institutions and rules, who keep creating trouble for them.

We will make yogurt with all kinds of nutritious elements. We want to provide nutrition to the poor and children.

If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit

A culture that holds people back should and can be changed.

The current financial crisis makes it very clears that the system that we have isn't really working, and this is the right time for us to undo things and build them in a new way.

What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people?

An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.

I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money.

Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs.

In this world of plenty, a tiny baby, who does not yet understand the mystery of the world, is allowed to cry and cry and finally fall asleep without the milk she needs to survive.

Long live Grameen Bank. Let the power of poor women prevail.