Fifty years old, 212 fights, and I'm still pretty.

People will know you’re serious when you produce.

I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven

Your body is sacred. You’re far more precious than diamonds and pearls, and you should be covered too.

I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.

What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems

Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered... I stood on a corner with a gang of boys, looking at pictures of him in the black newspapers and magazines. In one, he was laughing and happy. In the other, his head was swollen and bashed in, his eyes bulging out of their sockets, and his mouth twisted and broken... I couldn't get Emmett Till out of my mind, until one evening I thought of a way to get back at white people for his death.