I wasn't thinking of being the greatest. But I knew I had a chance.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.

Be loud, be pretty and keep their black-hatin' asses in their chairs

The most powerful military country in the world, America - which makes all the guns, all the machinery, all the bullets - taught us how to shoot the guns.

That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound... I'd say I'm the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.

Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans.