My Mama Told Me I Was Already

Why Should They Ask Me To Put On A Uniform And Go Ten Thousand Miles From Home And Drop Bombs And Bullets On Brown People In Vietnam While So-called Negro People In Louisville Are Treated Like Dogs And Denied Simple Human Rights?

I Didn't Even Need America, I Was So Popular Outside The Country, Until The Prosecutin' Attorney Came From Washington, And Said, Judge, We Cannot Let This Man Go To Japan And Fight, Because They Are Anti-american.now, If I Want To Leave The Country, I Know How To Leave. Tomorrow. Quick. Easy. If I Really Want To Leave. That's Not The Intention. The Intention Is To Stop Me From Makin' A Livin'. To Punish Me.

There Are No Pleasures In A Fight But Some Of My Fights Have Been A Pleasure To Win.

I've Never Let Anyone Talk Me Into Not Believing In Myself

I'm A Muslim. I've Been A Muslim For 20 Years. . . . You Know Me. I'm A Boxer. I've Been Called The Greatest. People Recognize Me For Being A Boxer And A Man Of Truth. I Wouldn't Be Here Representing Islam If It Were Terrorist. . . . I Think All People Should Know The Truth, Come To Recognize The Truth. Islam Is Peace.