"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest
A September 12, 1974, file photo of Muhammad Ali, who was due to fight World Champion George Foreman, tells a crowd of boxing fans in N' Sele Zaire, "Ako bo mai ye," which translates from Zaire's Lingalla dialect as: "I will kill him."