Muhammad Ali

Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you’d ever hear the news.

Muhammad Ali

Boxing is just to introduce me to the struggle. Like, when I speak I draw people in the States to teach them various things or to give them dignity, pride and self-help. I have to help the dope and prostitution problem.

Muhammad Ali

Boxing’s a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I’m presentable.

Muhammad Ali

Brooding over blunders is the biggest blunder.

Muhammad Ali

But when I looked at a lot of the questions they had on them army tests, I just didn’t know the answers. I don’t even know how to start after finding the answers. That’s all.

Muhammad Ali

Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so there’s always going to be trouble and chaos.

Muhammad Ali

Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.

Muhammad Ali

Everything the black people are doing comes from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed. They are black now, they don’t want to be called Negroes. This come from the Honorable Elijah Mohammed.

Muhammad Ali

Floyd Paterson and other fighters, they just don’t take part. They make a million dollars, they get a Rolls Royce and a nice home and a white wife and think, ‘well, I made it’.

Muhammad Ali

Floyd Paterson? Boy, he’s the complete opposite to me. He no way like me. They go down in history for just being athletes. I’m getting more praise and credit for doing what I’m doing now on this show than coming here and beating five of your English champions.

Muhammad Ali