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" I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. "

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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. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ. "

" He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. "

" It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. "

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

" When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ. "

" The man who has no imagination has no wings. "

" A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. "

" If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize. "

" America is the greatest country in the world. "

" I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won. "

" I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. "

" I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. "

" My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. "

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

" I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.' "

" I'm more at home with my log cabins than I am in my house in Cherry Hill. "

" It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. "

" To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich. "

" People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing. "

" Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist. "

" There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. "

" I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have. "

" I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Old age is just a record of one's whole life. "

" I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. "

" God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did. "

" Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons. "

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