Boxer

Itu adalah sebuah ketegasan yang berulang yang membuatku percaya. Dan, suatu ketika kepercayaan menjadi sebuah keyakinan, sesuatu hal mulai terjadi.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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

If I said I would knock out Sonny Liston in 1 minute and 49 seconds of the first round, that would hurt the gate.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

White people just don't want their slaves to be free. That's the whole thing.

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the world.

Jika kau bahkan pernah bermimpi untuk mengalahkanku, lebih baik kau bangun dan meminta maaf.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila.

Di rumah aku adalah seorang yang baik, tetapi aku tak ingin dunia mengetahuinya. Orang rendah hati yang kutemui, tidak terlalu jauh berbeda.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

Allah adalah istilah arab untuk Tuhan. Membela Tuhan, bertarung untuk Tuhan, bekerja untuk Tuhan, dan melakukan hal yang baik, dan berjalanlah di jalan yang benar, hal yang baik akan datang kepadamu.

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

We who follow the teachings of Elijah Muhammad don't want to be forced to integrate. Integration is wrong. We don't want to live with the white man; that's all.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.