Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

I'm relyin' on Almighty God, Allah, and whatever happens happens.

Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.

There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.

You made a big mistake by letting me come, because now I'm going after your job

For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.