When I beat Sonny Liston, I shocked the world. When I joined the Muslims, I shocked the world. When I beat George Forman, I shocked the world. I am from the House of Shock

If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.

You could be the world's best garbage man, the world's best model; it don't matter what you do if you're the best.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.

Religion should not be allowed to come into Politics....Religion is merely a matter between man and God.

I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.

Don't count the days, make the days count.

There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

Thought doesn't wrap around awareness. Awareness wraps around thought.

Traveling is as subtle as an early morning reverence.

Be prepared before you fight a battle

As man acts, God reacts.

If you'd never been born, then you might be an Isn't! An Isn't has no fun at all. No, he disn't.

I love making films, but the best roles are hard to come by.

Campaigns are conducted specifically because of the Electoral College, and people accept it and they understand it. Whether they know it or not, they accept it.

On the set, I'm a businessman.

We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.

What is new is not always true, and what is true is not always new.