God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

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.

Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if just 10 percent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people?

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