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.

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.

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.