If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.

For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.