"It’s a sad day for life, man. I loved Muhammad Ali, he was my friend. Ali will never die. Like Martin Luther King his spirit will live on, he stood for the world.’’ - Don King, who promoted many of Ali’s fights, including the Rumble in the Jungle

拳击经纪人唐·金多次负责阿里拳击比赛的推广工作，曾策划了1974年的拳王争霸战“丛林争夺战”。听闻噩耗，他表示：“这真的是令人伤心的一天，老兄。我爱阿里，他是我的朋友。阿里永远不会死去，就像马丁·路德·金博士一样，他的精神永存。他为世界而战。”

"Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest human beings I have ever met. No doubt he was one of the best people to have lived in this day and age." - George Foreman, Ali’s friend and rival in the Rumble in the Jungle

阿里的朋友和他在“丛林争夺战”中的对手乔治·福尔曼说：“阿里是我遇到过的最伟大的人之一。毫无疑问，他是生活在这个时代最好的人之一。”

"There will never be another Muhammad Ali. The black community all around the world, black people all around the world, needed him. He was the voice for us. He’s the voice for me to be where I’m at today." - Floyd Mayweather, world champion boxer across five divisions

包揽了世界五大拳击协会冠军的梅威瑟写道“这世上再也不会有第二个阿里了。全世界的黑人群体，全世界的黑人都需要他。他是我们的代言人，是他造就了今天的我。”

Crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC, Ali was noted for his pre- and post-fight talk and bold fight predictions just as much as his boxing skills inside the ring.

《体育画报》将阿里评为“20世纪运动员”，而BBC则称其为“20世纪运动名人”。阿里在比赛前后的言论，对比赛大胆的预测和其出众的拳击技艺一样出名。

But he was also a civil rights campaigner and poet who transcended the bounds of sport, race and nationality.

阿里还是一位民权斗士，一位诗人。他的成就超越了运动，种族和国籍的限制。

Asked how he would like to be remembered, he once said: "As a man who never sold out his people. But if that’s too much, then just a good boxer. I won’t even mind if you don’t mention how pretty I was."