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.

The fact is I never was too bright in school. I just barely graduated. I had a D- average. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do principals make a month?

I want to be the first black man on the moon

My main fight is for freedom and equality.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

No woman on this whole earth can please me and cook for me and socialise and talk to me like my American black woman.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.