This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole life's reputation was built on being extremely violent. I just don't know how to deal with that right now. I don't even go to strip clubs no more. I don't know who I am sometimes, but I am not the guy I used to be. I'm not an angel or anything. I'm still lascivious, periodically. I'm just looking for some balance in my life.

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.

I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!

For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.