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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My goal is to be the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.
I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.
I'm playing right now a role, and the role is called the 'Heavyweight Champion of the World.' And it takes all of the time. And I love this role, and it takes a lot of attention for me for the sport, and I just don't want to lose the title, so that's why I have to stay focused and not become an actor.
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.
I believe in myself. I want to be a fighter. I want to be heavyweight champion of the world.
I wanted to be a world champion.
I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.
Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.
I want to be the light heavyweight champion of the world.