I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

To the people that have said I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, I don't have what it takes, I'm not strong enough. THANK YOU

The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.

I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.

I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me