They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.

When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn't just so I could beat my opponent. My fighting had a purpose. I had to be successful in order to get people to listen to the things I had to say.

You don't want no pie in the sky when you die, You want something here on the ground while you're still around.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

We followed the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, who is the boss. And we don't waste a lot of time arguin' about a dead black man, Malcolm X, when the whites are our common enemies.

It's possible for the heavyweight champion of the world to be with one woman.

Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me