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Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people ... He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

Cassius Clay must be beaten and the Black Muslims' scourge removed from boxing.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.

When you have millions of dollars, you have millions of friends.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

I've learned so much, so very much about myself in defeat. I've learned very little to nothing in victory.

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.

The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself.