It’s hard to beat a guy when he’s got his mind made up that he’s going to win.
God gave me Parkinson’s syndrome to show me I’m not ‘The Greatest’ – he is.
There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you.
Who is the descendant of the slavemasters a descendant of slaves to fight other people in thier own country?
I’ll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.
Every time I look in the mirror, I see that kid from Louisville, Kentucky, staring back at me. His name was Cassius Clay.
I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.
It all started to come together when I realized that boxing was how I was going to succeed in life.
That’s okay, I’m still the Greatest.
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.
In a competition of love we’ll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.
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.
What’s my greatest weakness? Sad stories, people with problems.
Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.
They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.
I’m young, I’m handsome, I’m fast, I’m pretty, and can’t possibly be beat. They must fall in the round I call.
The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.
There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn’t just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.
I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!