For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.

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

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

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

The man of least capacity is the one who shows himself incapable of self-correction.