It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.
Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
There is so much hate among people, so much contempt inside people who'd like you to think they're moral, that they have to hire prizefighters to do their hating for them. And we do. We get into a ring and act out other people's hates.
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.
When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.
I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.