If you wonder what the difference between them and me is, I'll break the news: you never heard of them. Most of them ... can fight almost as good as I can. I'm just saying you never heard of them.

Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

You dont lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.

Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest.

I can drown a drink of water. I can kill a dead tree. Don't mess with Muhammad Ali.

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.