Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.

When you come to the fight Don't block the halls and don't block the door, for y'all may go home after round four.

When you're right, nobody remembers. When you're wrong, nobody forgets.

I did not take the name, I just named myself Cassius Clay, this is a honorable, Mohammed Ali, given to me by my religious leader and teacher, the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, and I would like to say that Mohammed means in Arabic "one who is worthy of praise" and one praiseworthy, and Ali means the most High, but the slave name Clay meant dirt with no ingredients.

It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night