Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and g — Muhammad Ali

"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years."

"I think Terrell will catch hell at the sound of the bell. Hes going around saying that hes a championship-fighter, but when he meets me he fall 20 pound lighter. He thinks that hes the real heavy weight champ but when he meets me, hell just be a tramp Now Im not sayin just to be funny, but Im fightin Ernie because he needs the money."

"Archies been living off the fat of the land. Im here to give him his pension plan. When you come to the fight dont block the door. Cause youll all go home after round four."

"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are."

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."

"I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion."