I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.
Ali even told me in the ring, 'You can't beat me - I'm your Lord.' I just told him, 'Lord, you're in the wrong place tonight.'
Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
Had my own car at twelve years old. Left school in the tenth grade. Married when I was sixteen. Ain't hard to figure out; I was a man at a very young age.
It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.
Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.