When I was a kid I got mad enough to want to kill somebody but as you travel the world and I'm struggling with a freedom fight against nations, you can't get enough hate in you to be mad at one man just because it's a boxing match. Never. Even Floyd Paterson, who condemned my Islamic religion and didn't want to call me Muhammad Ali and said I should've gone to the army and I should be in jail.

My face is so pretty, you don’t see a scar, which proves I’m the king of the ring by far.

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

I have a radar built inside me to avoid punches

My mama told me I was already in a hurry as a child. I even had measles and chicken pox at the same time

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.