I called my training camp Fighter's Heaven

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

You can go to Japan, China, all the European, African, Arab, and South American countries, and man, they know me. I can't name a nation where they don't know me.

I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty.

I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.

There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.

Many people are quick to say that we are not recognized by Muslims in the East . And I start with the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. In 1959, he went throughout the Holy City of Mecca to dine and wine with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and all of the black, mainly the rulers of the Islamic countries.