Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

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.

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

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

Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on.

I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.