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" What keeps me going is goals. "

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" The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. "

" I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK. "

" If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge. "

" Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life. "

" We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don't want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don't want to live with the white man; that's all. "

" 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. "

" When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace. "

" Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right - when he knocks you down, you'll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again. "

" The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep trying to force ourselves into white restaurants and schools when white people didn't want us? Why not clean up our own neighborhoods and schools instead of trying to move out of them and into white people's neighborhoods? "

" It's in my blood to be around people while I was training. "

" Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head. "

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

" I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day. "

" I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest! "

" The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God. "

" Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome. "

" I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky. "

" I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. "

" It's not bragging if you can back it up. "

" Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner. "

Do The Right Thing

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

" I didn't want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, 'Why did you do that?' This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day. "

" My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world. "

" 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'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them. "

" Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists. "