I won the Olympic gold medal in Rome, Italy. Olympic champion. The Russian standing right here, and the Pole right here.

When a man says I cannot, he has made a suggestion to himself. He has weakened his power of accomplishing that which otherwise would have been accomplished.

I did not take the name, I just named myself Cassius Clay, this is a honorable, Mohammed Ali, given to me by my religious leader and teacher, the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, and I would like to say that Mohammed means in Arabic "one who is worthy of praise" and one praiseworthy, and Ali means the most High, but the slave name Clay meant dirt with no ingredients.

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

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

We are stone enemies when the bell rings

A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em