I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.
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.
No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.
All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.
Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
Don't feel sorry for me.
I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.
America is the greatest country in the world.
Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.
I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
The white man is destroying the world.
I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
Superman don't need no seat belt.
I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.
No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.
You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman's behind.
Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.
I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.