Joe Louis, to me, was the finest human being God put on this earth in every way.

It's been like that forever. We got spoiled by Joe Louis, by Rocky Marciano. Muhammad ruined us for everybody. He was great outside [the ring]; he was great inside. We got so accustomed to it we thought we deserved it.

In all my years in boxing I'd never known such heat

The match would have to be made at 165 pounds. Sean can't make 160 any more, even though he's drinking lite beer these days

Muhammad aware of what to look for and he handled it on his own. He did his own thing. I never programmed him.

He would have beat everybody because we'd have found a way to beat him.

I never knew about a lot of the outside things