Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

I always say that in order to appreciate warm weather, you must experience cold. I wouldn't change one thing - all the embarrassing moments, the defeats, all of everything - through all of this, I have learned me.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.