The man who will whip me will be fast, strong and hasn't been born yet.

Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.

Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?

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

I had my style of moving and dancing and whatever I do. What you have to do, is take all the fighters you want and me and rank me where you want. I can't tell you.

Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'

Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.