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

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.

Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.

Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.

I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.

There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night