People don't realise what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.

Jokes? There are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.

Impossible is nothing.

You can't keep your mind on fighting when you're thinking about a woman. You can't keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.

Number one comes freedom first for my people and equality. And this is what I plan to do after I'm through fighting - working with nothing but the people, the little people in the alleys: the downtrodden people, going out and helping them with my image.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

I'm going to, not I'm gonna. Talk intelligent