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

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

I can't believe some of the things I did.Can't believe it. Sayin' I was the greatest and the beautifulist and I was gonna whup this guy and that guy, sayin' I'm pretty, I can't be beat.

I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless it's a holy war declared by God himself.