I love boxing and it did a lot for me. But sometimes it made me think how savage human beings could be to each other. That wasn't the kind of boxer I wanted to be. My strategy was to be as scientific as I could when I fought. I didn't want to be seriously hurt, and I didn't want to do that to anybody else either.

The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.

Children make you want to start life over.

I think we're all brothers - that's the truth. But the press gave us the name black Muslims to cut us off from the others.

There's a reason I'm known - to bring people to Allah, to God.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Miss America was always white. All the beautiful brown women in America, beautiful sun tans, beautiful shapes, all types of complexions, but she always was white.And Miss World was always white, and Miss Universe was always white.And the angel fruit cake was the white cake and the devil food cake was the chocolate cake.I said, 'Momma, why is everything white?' I always wondered. And the President lived in the White House.