If we were second class citizens we'd be driving old Cadillacs and living good. If we were first class we'd be driving a Rolls Royce.

Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.

Whoever listens to slander is himself a slanderer.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

I used to ask my brother Rudy to throw rocks at me. I'd dodge every one. That's how I learned how to bob and weave: ducking rocks.

I've got it! I've got it! It'll make front-page headlines around the world. You can have me kidnapped, and then a couple of days before the fight I'll show up again