The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

During my boxing career, you did not see the real Muhammad Ali. You just saw a little boxing and a little showmanship. It was after I retired from boxing that my true work began.

Catching flies is better training than hitting the speed bag

When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.

The whites have always had the say in America. White people made Jesus white, angels white, the Last Supper white. If I threaten you, I'm blackmailing you. A black cat is bad luck. If you're put out of a club, you're blackballed. Angel's-food cake is white; devil's-food cake is black. Good guys in cowboy movies wear white hats. The bad guys always wore black hats.