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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.