I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.

Floyd Paterson? Boy, he's the complete opposite to me. He no way like me. They go down in history for just being athletes. I'm getting more praise and credit for doing what I'm doing now on this show than coming here and beating five of your English champions.

I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.

You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't name a nation where they don't know me.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

I don't consider myself no attractive man. People like Tom Jones and Elvis Presley - I'm not nothing like that.