"No one starts out on top. You..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali

“We black people, as a whole, are at war we'll say with the white power structure. Not physically, but we have definite protests to win the battle.”

“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.”

“Boxing is a stepping stone just to introduce me to the audience. If I was still in Louisville, Kentucky and never was a boxer I still might get killed next week in some kind of freedom struggle and you'd ever hear the news.”

“There's no traffic jam on the extra mile.”

“You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.”

“No one has ever drowned in sweat.”

“Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.”

“The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.”

“I've been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here!”