"In America they got two policemen, five..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali

“The word had spread and people were piling around us. But then very suddenly, Sonny Liston froze me with that look of his. He said real quiet, 'Let's go on over here.' And he led the way to a table and the people hung back. I ain't going to lie. This was the only time since I have known Sonny Liston that he really scared me.”

“Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't!”

“They say actually every time I enter the ring, in a way, I`m going to the war. They say to me daily, you are a prized fighter, what`s the difference? And I like to say to those critics of the press and the others that there is one hell of a lot of difference in fighting in a ring and going to war in Vietnam.”

“Never get on an airplane if the pilot is wearing a hat that has more than three pastel colors.”

“He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.”

“Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.”

“Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.”

“Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything.”

“The police have enough work to keep them busy regulating automobile traffic, preventing robberies and crimes of violence and helping lost children and little old ladies find their way home. As long as the police confine themselves to such activities they are respected friends of the public. But as soon as they begin inquiring into people's private morals, they become nothing more than armed clergymen.”