What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.

Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.

I think we're all brothers - that's the truth. But the press gave us the name black Muslims to cut us off from the others.

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.