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

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

Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.

Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.

I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but its in my heart.