Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.
My toughest fight was with my first wife.
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
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.
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
I just try to stay half way decent looking. Boxing's a rough sport and you get hit a lot.
This boldness in telling the truth overshadows sport greatly. You couldn't get Joe Frazier or no boxer on this show and get interest in a subject like this. He couldn't talk about it.
Boxing's a rough sport. After every fight I rush to the mirror to make sure I'm presentable.
I sought the advice and cooperation from all those around me- but not permission.
Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
I only read the Holy Koran, the Bible and the sports pages
Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.
I run on the road long before I dance under the lights.