I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m in a world of my own.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

The world, we are told, was made especially for man – a presumption not supported by all the facts. A numerous class of men are painfully astonished whenever they find anything, living or dead, in all God’s universe, which they cannot eat or render in some way what they call useful to themselves.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I’ve trained that way, I’ve actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn’t come. It’s almost because my training has been too hard.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson’s. There’s no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

Violence has been Nicaragua’s most important export to the world.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

I specifically did not read other First Ladies‘ books, because I didn’t want to be influenced by how they defined the role. I knew that I would have to find this role – very uniquely and specifically to me and who I was.

My style has always been my own, just like my flow and style.

Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.

The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world – Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon – there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it’s wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.

I have no models in Japanese literature. I created my own style, my own way.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical.

It’s a very strange thing being recognized or looked upon as someone special.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

The world has not yet reached the point which, in my view, is an essential condition for the survival of our human species: access by all the peoples to the material resources of this planet.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn’t matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

My trainer don’t tell me nothing between rounds. I don’t allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It’s too late for advice.

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I’ll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I’m gonna tell ya, that’s one helluva man, and God bless him.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.

Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in this world.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Don’t try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.

We are all special cases.

We’re going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured; all the Heavens are rejoicing.

When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America, you get a front row seat.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.

There is no unique picture of reality.

The world has crafted a beautiful balance of collective action – common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities.

A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.