“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

My main fight is for freedom and equality.

If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, then they can sure make something out of you.

I had it in my heart. I believed in myself, and I had confidence. I knew how to do it, had natural talent and I pursued it.

Tolerance and understanding won’t ‘trickle down’ in our society any more than wealth does.

Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer.

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

How many push ups do you do? I don’t know. I only starts counting when it starts hurting.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

The sun is always shining someplace.

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

I was the first one in the gym, and the last one to leave.

There comes a time in every person’s life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.

In boxing, you never know who you’re going to face in the ring.

I just want to make money, get on with my life, and be involved in good fights. If I’m not going to be involved in good fights, then what’s the point being a boxer?

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I’m not treating my opponent like my enemy. We’re doing a job to entertain people.

Training’s training; boxing’s boxing. Everyone does the same kind of stuff: they spar, they train, they do whatever they do to prepare for fights.

For me, boxing isn’t about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy.

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.