What you're thinking is what you're becoming.

I'm sure no intelligent white person, in his or her right white mind, want black men and women marrying their white sons and daughters and in return introducing their grandchildren to half brown, kinky haired black people.

I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history

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

Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.

I saw that streak in him when he told me, 'Get the hell out of here or I'll wipe you out., I got the hell out of there, Liston really scared me.

I started out making $4 for my first fight, but imagine paying $25,000 for a painting...look at me!