Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

I never wore full-on eyeliner in high school, but I wanted to.

The travel is a lot uglier than it once was with TSA and the deregulation of the airline services. These planes are getting smaller for my 6" 2' frame.

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.

I'm a fierce editor! I don't edit out things that I began by saying, usually. The editing is on the micro level - a comma here, a word there.

Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

All records are made to be broken.

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.

You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.