I was always at the gymnasium every day at six o'clock after school. In the mornings I would run, looking forward to future golden gloves and Olympic tournaments.

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.

You're not going to enjoy every minute of the journey, but the success you'll find at the end will make it all worth it.

Home is the place you can go when you're whipped.

I want to be the first black man on the moon

Tolerance and understanding won't 'trickle down' in our society any more than wealth does.

I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.