I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.

Even today, if my title hadn't been given back to me and I was in such poverty where I had to go and find a job, I would have done that.

Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.

I'm the fastest thing on two feet.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

War on nations changes maps. War on poverty maps change.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.