Martin Luther King was bumped off unjustly, Adam Clayton Powell was bumped off unjustly, they took my title unjustly, they killed Megers Ever unjustly, all the integrators who love white folks, was unjustly kicked out of Washington, they've been deprived of education and poverty throughout the country.

Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem.

Don't ever squeeze a fighter's hand, man. You're doing good just to lay your eyes on me

I don't know how many millions I'll make, so I have to give some back to charity. God blesses me with the money, but only if I give some away.

It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical.

I was always curious. And I always wondered why I had to die to go to Heaven.

I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.