Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
If the boxers are a little more colorful, talk a little like I did and just do half as much as I did for boxing, it will be all right.
Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.
I’m too fast. I’m too smart. I’m too pretty.
I outwit them, and then I outhit them.
The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon – there are more Muhammads than anything else.
My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.
Ain’t no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round.
You don’t want any pie in the sky when you die, you want something here on the ground while you’re still around.
I have learned to live my life one step, one breath, and one moment at a time, but it was a long road. I set out on a journey of love, seeking truth, peace and understanding. I am still learning.
I’m so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
A man who views the world the same...
If I could meet anybody? The prophet Muhammad.
We are all God’s people. We are prejudiced and we separate into Jews, Mexicans, Italians, but God doesn’t see colors.
It’s the lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself. He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.