"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision."

"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it."

"Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer."

"I want to be remembered as a man who won the heavyweight title three times, who was humorous, and who treated everyone right."

"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."

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

"You lose nothing when fighting for a cause... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about."

"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."

"Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water."

"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."

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

"If you are in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%."

"Man is the cruelest animal."

"In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees."