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

They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I`m going to the war. They say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, what`s the difference? And I like to say to those critics of the press and the others that there is one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in a ring and going to war in Vietnam.

Islam is against killing, terrorism, and murder. People who commit these acts in the name of Islam are wrong. And if I had a chance I would do something about it.

Black people we've been taught that we will never be free, until some will have to die, some will have to give up wealth, their loved ones, and their health, So, what I'm doin' is for myself and for justice for black people, runnin' will kill it all, it'll make me a coward.

I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong.

I was saying "I'm the greatest" long before I believed it.

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