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

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

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.

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

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

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

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.