I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
Quote by Muhammad Ali
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I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
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Muhammad Ali Quotes
- My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
- I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
- It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
- I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
- Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
- Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
- When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.
- I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
- I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
- Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
- I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.