Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.
I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.
Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.
Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.
Joe Frazier got hit more than me - and he doesn't have Parkinson's.
Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.
I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower.
It's in my blood to be around people while I was training.
I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.
The white man is destroying the world.
I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower.
It's in my blood to be around people while I was training.
I shook up the world, I shook up the world.
I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it - and I may come back.
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.
I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence.
All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.
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?
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.
It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.
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.
I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!
I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill.
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.
No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.