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Brim With Self Confidence After Reading These Muhammad Ali Quotes

By Simran Khurana, About.com

Think boxing and you think of Muhammad Ali. Ali once said, "Allah is the greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer." And indeed, he was. As three times winner of the linear world heavyweight championship, a title held by no other boxer, Muhammad Ali was a nightmare for his opponents. He was awarded the "sportsman of the century" by the BBC and Sports Illustrated magazine in 1999. These inspirational Muhammad Ali quotes make you want to be a winner.

Sports
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't.

Confidence
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.

Dreams
The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Sports
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: a desire, a dream, a vision.

Optimism
If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Sports
If you ever dream of beating me... you better wake up and apologize.

Sports
Joe's gonna be smokin' an' I ain't even jokin but I'll be peckin' and a pokin' and I'll pour water on that smokin'. Now this might astound and amaze ya but I will destroy Jo Frazier.

Challenge
There are two things that are hard to hit and see, that's a spooky ghost and Muhammed Ali.

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