I was always curious. And I always wondered why I had to die to go to Heaven.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

I can love freedom and the flesh and blood of my people moreso than I do the money.

I would like to say that whites jumped right behind Malcolm X. They’re makin’ a book about him, it’s required readin’ in all colleges now, and they’re makin’ a movie about him, and projectin’ him as the leader and if you read his book and see the movie that’s comin’ out, it’ll make you hate Elijah Mohammed and the Muslims. Mainly, this is done to turn the black people against the real leader and I’d like to say that this is the way white people rule.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail.

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.