Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

You can be free. You can be black. Look at me! I'm the Heavyweight Champion! Can't nobody stop me.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical.

The show was bad, but I was great

I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.