I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a Muslim.

I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

I'm most proud of my family.

I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

I would like to say that I am not an apostle of the Muslim religion.