I didn't run with a gang - I didn't have time. There were a few little street gangs sitting in the spotlights at night time - talking and playing marbles. But I was so wrapped up in boxing since I was 12.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

White people cannot destroy me like they have other big ministers of Elijah Mohammed in the past by telling us oh, you speak good, you should be the leader.

Whoever listens to slander is himself a slanderer.

Who's gonna dare to be great?

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right, if he hits you once, you’re asleep for the night

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.