Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.

I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages

That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound... I'd say I'm the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.

The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.

We believe that the Honorable Elijah Mohammed is the apostle of Allah, God, but I'm only a helper and a minister of his.

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.

I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me