Muhammed's Menacing Mouth

"I done wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, Only last week I murdered a rock, Injured a stone, hospitalized a brick, I’m so mean I make medicine sick."

"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize."

"I don't always know what I'm talking about, but I know I'm right."

"Frazier is so ugly he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life."

"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark."

"It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am."

"What's my name, fool? What's my name?"
What Ali kept yelling while winning a 1967 decision against Ernie Terrell, who had insisted on calling him Cassius Clay.

"This is the legend of Muhammad Ali,
The greatest fighter that ever will be.
He talks a great deal and brags, indeed,
Of a powerful punch and blinding speed.

Ali fights great, he's got speed and endurance;
If you sign to fight him, increase your insurance.
Ali's got a left, Ali's got a right;
If he hits you once, you're asleep for the night."

"Eat your words! Eat your words! I am the greatest."
Muhammad Ali shouting at reporters who had dismissed him as a loudmouth and a fake before his fight with Sonny Liston.

"I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on."

"My face is so pretty, you don't see a scar, which proves I'm the king of the ring by far."

"Clay comes out to meet Liston
And Liston starts to retreat
If Liston goes back any further
He'll end up in a ringside seat.

Clay swings with a left,
Clay swings with a right,
Look at young Cassius
Carry the fight.

Liston keeps backing
But there's not enough room
It's a matter of time.
There, Clay lowers the boom.

Now Clay swings with a right,
What a beautiful swing,
And the punch raises the bear,
Clear out of the ring.

Liston is still rising
And the ref wears a frown,
For he can't start counting,
Till Sonny comes down.

Now Liston disappears from view.
The crowd is getting frantic,
But our radar stations have picked him up.
He's somewhere over the Atlantic.

Who would have thought
When they came to the fight
That they'd witness the launching
Of a human satellite!

Yes, the crowd did not dream
When they laid down their money
That they would see
A total eclipse of the Sonny!

I am the greatest!"