Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

Children make you want to start life over.

My health is in the hands of Allah, who has ways of testing us. Whatever happens, happens. I a'int the greatest - it's Allah. I gave myself a job. I work for God.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

Black people in America will never be free so long as they're on the white man's land. We can't be free until we get our own land and our own country in North America. When we separate from America and take maybe ten states, then we'll be free.

Joe Frazier is ugly. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class, he cannot talk.