Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.The play didn't make it but I was a success. It lasted six days but I sung four songs and there were critics, seriously, in New York who said that my part was perfect. So I can beat Joe Frazier singing.

I'm going to show you how great I am!

I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.

Oh! how the hours hasten to change into days, the days into months, the months into years, and those into life's annihilation!