I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!

So I didn't pass. It was the army's decision that they didn't want me to go into the service. They're the boss. I don't want to say no whole lot about it.

I did not take the name, I just named myself Cassius Clay, this is a honorable, Mohammed Ali, given to me by my religious leader and teacher, the Honorable Elijah Mohammed, and I would like to say that Mohammed means in Arabic "one who is worthy of praise" and one praiseworthy, and Ali means the most High, but the slave name Clay meant dirt with no ingredients.

Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!

It's ain't sad that I want my child to look like me? Every intelligent person wants their child to look like him.

My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is.