Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth, their loved ones, and their health, So, what I'm doin' is for myself and for justice for black people, runnin' will kill it all, it'll make me a coward.

When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked the world. I am from the House of Shock

If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.

As soon as I heard the truth that Elijah Muhammad teaches us in America, it made me accept it.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.