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

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

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

I'll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.

Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

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 believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

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

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