Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.

Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.