Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills.
You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there's only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Stand-up and boxing are very similar. You're the only one out there, you're going into a fight, and you're going in with a game plan.
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. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him
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.
I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I'm the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can't be beat!
I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked!
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
I want fifteen referees at this fight…because there ain’t no one man who can keep up with the pace I’m gonna set except me
For the black man to come out superior would be against America's teachings. 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.
The outgoing and spontaneous person that the world knew while I was boxing was a persona that I created to sell tickets and promote my career. In my private life, I am quiet and reflective by nature.
That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.
His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.
Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam
I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future.
Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
In all the history of the boxing game, you'll find no human interest story to compare with the life narrative of James J. Braddock.
Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.
Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.
The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.
Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.
I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
The only difference between street fighting and boxing is there a ref there from stopping me from killing you
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