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Frank Sinatra told Floyd Paterson how he should whoop me. Frank Sinatra.
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Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head.
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I never push in front my muscles, only my religion, so I'm protected.
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Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.
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I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.
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Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.
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That man was beautiful. Timing, speed, reflexes, rhythm, his body, everything was beautiful. And to me, still, I would say pound for pound... I'd say I'm the greatest heavyweight of all time, but pound for pound, I still say Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest of all time.
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There live a great man named Joe who was belittled by a loudmouth foe. While his rival would taunt and tease Joe silently bore the stings. And then fought like gladiator in the ring.
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Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone and hospitalized a brick.
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Impossible is nothing.
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Santa Claus was white and everything bad was black. The little ugly duckling was the black duck, and the black cat was the bad luck. And if I threaten you, I'm going to blackmail you.I said, 'Momma, why don't they call it 'whitemail'? They lie too.'
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I love my people and I don't hate nobody and it keeps me out of trouble.
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If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.
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I tell you what I really fear. I fear aeroplanes. When the flight's all right and smooth I'm still thinking, 'what if the engine blow up?' 'What if a fool's got a bomb on it?'
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The worst man is the one who sees himself as the best.
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Shut up, I know what I'm doing!
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I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked. I'm beautiful. I'm fast. I'm so mean I make medicine sick. I can't possibly be beat.
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The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am.
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If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.
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I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.
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I am the king of the world. I'm a man's man.
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What keeps me going is goals.
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Do you know why I’m the fastest heavyweight in the world? I’m the only heavyweight that trains underwater!