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

We black people, as a whole, are at war we'll say with the white power structure. Not physically, but we have definite protests to win the battle.

Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for fame; all this is doomed for destruction. You got it today, tomorrow it's gone. I got bigger things on my mind than that. I got Islam on my mind.

Children make you want to start life over.

Mr. president, I've been a citizen of the United States of America for thirty three years and was never invited to the White House. It sure gives me pleasure to be invited to the Black House.

In the ring I can stay until I’m old and gray because I know how to hit and dance away

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.