Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don't take part.They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, 'well, I made it'.

Politicians are always saying that they are in support of Iraqi citizens and now they are increasing the price of petrol. We were oppressed for 35 years. We are like a sick patient who is in need of care, and they are increasing prices

God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.

To the people that have said I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, I don't have what it takes, I'm not strong enough. THANK YOU

People sold everything - their cars, their land for miles, to come in and see me beat. I went to the bank laughing every time.

A lot of wars are fought between black and whites daily in America. But if it's something I want to be with, the people who started it were black, I wouldn't not get in it.

Howard Cosell was gonna be a boxer when he was a kid only they couldn't find a mouthpiece big enough.