Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

I said, 'Oh, I know. If the white folks is in Heaven too, then the black angels were in the kitchen, preparing the milk and honey.'

No pork, soda pop, cigarettes, alcohol – ever!

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

I was always curious. I always wondered why Tarzan is the King of the Jungle in Africa, he was white.

How could they say that my religion, Islam was a 'race hate' religion after all the plunder and enslavement and domination of my people by white Christians in the name of white supremacy?

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.