You can't take no Chinese man and give him no Puerto Rican woman and talking like they're in love and emotionally in love and physically.

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.

This relationship will help guarantee that, for generations to come, people of all nations will understand my beliefs and my purpose

I didn't even need America, I was so popular outside the country, until the prosecutin' attorney came from Washington, and said, judge, we cannot let this man go to Japan and fight, because they are anti-American.Now, if I want to leave the country, I know how to leave. Tomorrow. Quick. Easy. If I really want to leave. That's not the intention. The intention is to stop me from makin' a livin'. To punish me.

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