I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

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

It`s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

I am America. I am the part you won`t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

I`ll be floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.

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

I`m not the greatest; I`m the double greatest. Not only do I knock `em out, I pick the round.

I`m soooooooooooooooooo pretty!!!

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

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

After being rejected by the Vietnam draft the first time, because he failed the `intelligence` portion, Casius said, "I never said I was the smartest, I said I was the greatest".

Sonny Liston is too ugly to be world heavyweight champion!.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Champions aren`t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

When you`re as great as I am, it`s hard to be humble.

Silence is golden when you can`t think of a good answer.

You can`t hit what you can`t see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

My toughest fight was my first wife.

On Henry Cooper, "If he talks some jive, I`ll knock him out in round five."

I don`t admire nobody but Elvis Presley. He was the sweetest most humble and nicest man you`d ever meet.

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

I`m gonna float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, George can`t hit what his eyes can`t see, now you see me, now you don`t, he thinks he will but I know he won`t.

I am an astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey were just jet pilots. I`m in a world of my own.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

I won a gold medal representing the USA at the olympic games in 1960, but when I came home I still got treated like a nigger. There were restaurants I couldn`t get served in. Some people kept calling me `boy`.

At home I am a nice guy - but I don`t want the world to know. Humble people, I`ve found, don`t get very far.