If they ever let me in the ring with him [Cassius Clay], I'm liable to be put away for murder.
How would you like to find out how good my right is?
A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat.
Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.
My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.
The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.