My toughest fight was with my first wife.

My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.

I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when...

Superman don’t need no seat belt.

We can’t be brave without fear.

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

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. When...

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.

Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like...

The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain’t ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin’ hell, but as long as they ain’t free, I ain’t free.

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.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

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 should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

I’m a fighter. I believe in the eye-for-an-eye business. I’m no cheek turner. I got no respect for a man who won’t hit back. You kill my dog, you better hide your cat.

Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.

I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.

You can’t keep your mind on fighting when you’re thinking about a woman. You can’t keep your concentration. You feel like sleeping all the time.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

This is the legend of Cassius Clay, The most beautiful fighter in the world today.He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y, of a muscular punch that’s incredibly speed-y.The fistic world was dull and weary,But...

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.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.

Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn’t mean anything, because I didn’t have the right color skin.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don’t want the world to know. Humble people, I’ve found, don’t get very far.

I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Old age is just a record of one’s whole life.

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.

The word ‘Islam’ means ‘peace.’ The word ‘Muslim’ means ‘one who surrenders to God.’ But the press makes us seem like haters.

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...