I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

Stay in college, get the knowledge. And stay there until you're through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Advice to a young person to continue his education.

There's nothing wrong with getting knocked down, as long as you get right back up.

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

We believe that the Honorable Elijah Mohammed is the apostle of Allah, God, but I'm only a helper and a minister of his.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.