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I believe in the holy Koran. It says we declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims and do not take part in wars, or in no way fashion or form take the lives of humans unless it's a holy war declared by God himself.
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I don't look like no kiwi bird.
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I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be.
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A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.
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There are two things that are hard to hit and see. That's a spooky ghost and Muhammad Ali.
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A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
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My trainer don't tell me nothing between rounds. I don't allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It's too late for advice.
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Why are they picking on boxing? It's because the black men are so superior in boxing that they want to stop it. Well, the black man's so hungry he's got to fight.
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They can boo me, yell at me, and throw peanuts at me, as long as they pay to get in.
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If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.
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I'm not going to be that kind of a fighter. I'm going to dance and be pretty. I'm just going to win on points.And if I hurt my man I'm going to let him go and I'm not going to kill him just because somebody's watching.
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Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
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Just remember that you don't have to be what they want you to be.
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Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
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A lot of boxers' features change - mainly when I fight 'em.
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Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
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That computer was made in Alabama.
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I do a lot of reading, a lot of studying. I ask questions, I'll go out, travel these countries, I'll watch how their people live, and I learn.
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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.
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Stay in college, get the knowledge. And stay there until you're through. If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. Advice to a young person to continue his education.
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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.
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Women are the field that produces our nation. And if you can't protect your women, you can't protect your nation.
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I think I could beat Joe Frazier singing. I was in a Broadway musical called Big Time Buck Wright.