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The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that read more
Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, read more
I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.
I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In read more
I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.
If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After read more
If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of his fight predictions turned out to be wrong.
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we read more
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time. Everyone who tel
Don't count the days, make the days count.
Don't count the days, make the days count.
