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In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

There's no other heavyweight in the division like me, especially when it comes into the athletic department. I'm the most athletic heavyweight in the division.

I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.

I don't have any doubt in my mind: I could knock out any man in the heavyweight division.

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

I set out in the beginning to be the heavyweight champion of the world. From a very young age, I was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. Nothing else was a problem to me. That's what I'll finish doing.

I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.

My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.