The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.… If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

A man with no imaginations has no wings.

Love is the net where hearts are caught like fish.

When my title was taken away boxing died.

They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.

Some gems for the greatest of them all