"Service to others is the rent you pay for youre room here on earth"

 time magazine 1978

"it s just a job. Grass Grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. i beat people up."

ny times 1977

"I know where im going and i know the truth and i dont have to be what you want me to be. im free to be what i want."

after announcing hes joined the nation of islam 1964

"i aint got no quarrel with those vietcong"

refusing militiary induction 1966

"I am the greatest"

favorite slogan first used in 1962

"im so mean i make medicine sick"

promoting rumble in the jungle fight with george foreman 1974

"im not the greatest, im the double greatest. not only do i knock em out i pick the round"

ny time 1962

"float like a butterfly sting like a bee"

catch phrase 1964