I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I`m going to the war. They say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, what`s the difference? And I like to say to those critics of the press and the others that there is one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in a ring and going to war in Vietnam.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Friendship is definitely the most difficult detail on the globe to elucidate. It is really not something you understand at school. But if you have not realized the which means of friendship, you truly have not realized anything.

Get up and say Elijah Muhammad is wrong when he says white are the devil? They have to prove they are not the devil.

Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love