White people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of Elijah Mohammed in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.

I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Life is like a ship. There's people dancing on a ship.There's a lot of money on the ship, but I cannot integrate on the ship or get equality on the ship.And I never could. I'm just in the galley working and I never could get up to see the captain of the ship.

A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.

The roughest and toughest fighter I fought was Joe Frazier

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.