Muhammad Ali

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, 'The Intoxication of Life,' 'The Purpose of Life,' 'The Real Cause of Man's Distress,' 'The Journey to the Goal in Life,' and, one of my favorites, 'The Heart of Man.' They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.

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

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.

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

Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor.

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

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 white man is destroying the world.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

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.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

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

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

All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given to them.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain't ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

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.

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.

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.