"Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others."

"A rooster crows only when it sees the light."

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich."

"I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man."

"I had to show the world."

"My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed."

"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up."

"I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given."

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

"Love is a net that catches hearts like a fish."

"I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me."

"The wealth of a man is in his heart, not in his wallet."

"We all have to take defeats in life."

"My principles are more important than the money or my title."