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.

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

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

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

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

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

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.