My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

I have to be real cool and not savage and radical, because it makes me angry when I think about it when I see the white boys, who are really the number one citizens, the future rulers.

I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.

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

Stay away from the ropes

Don't count the days, make the days count.

I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!