Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me!

The teachings of Elijah Muhammad on how black people have been brainwashed.How they've been taught to love white and hate black, how we've been robbed of our names in slavery.We were robbed of our culture, we were robbed of our true history. So it left us a walking dead man.

You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.

The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves

I had it in my heart. I believed in myself, and I had confidence. I knew how to do it, had natural talent and I pursued it.