When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden.

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips.

You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black

Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.