I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.

To succeed,all I need to do is suffer.

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

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.

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

I have a beautiful daughter, beautiful wife.They look like me, we all happy and I don't have no trouble. And I ain't that much in love with no woman to go through that hell - ain't no one woman that good.

Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight