"I don't smoke, but I keep a match box in my pocket. When my heart slips toward sin, I burn a match and heat my palm. Then I say to myself, 'Ali, you can't stand this heat, so how will you stand the he…"

"I'm a lover and a fighter."

"I'm a fighter, not a lover."

"To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."

"I'm not going to be what you want me to be. I'm going to be what I want to be."