"I feel sorry for Sonny - you guys built him up so high that he has a long way to fall now" - MUHAMMED ALI

"The only way he was going to beat me was if he wet his lips, coz they're as big as a plunger, and sticks them onto my chest. I hit this man so hard he grew an afro" MICHAEL OLAJIDE

"No, but his manager is" SONNY LISTON, when asked whether Chuck Wepner had been his bravest opponent.