I have nothing to lose by standing up and following my beliefs. So I'll go to jail, so what? We have been in jail for years.

I wasn't thinking of being the greatest. But I knew I had a chance.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

Whites have always put one against another and now they have a dead man who was nothin' but a, he admitted it himself, Malcolm X, was a tramp or had white women sellin' their body for him, he was nothin' until the Honorable Elijah Mohammed made him great, made him great, taught him, even his name X come from Elijah.

Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.