"The fight was over at 11 in the morning. It went outside, and there was the sun, you saw the sun. And we all went back to the Philippine Village Hotel, and we had an orgy for two days. Never screwed so many women in my life! In one short period of time. It was just -- that's how I remember the Thrilla in Manila. No, it was the greatest fight I've ever seen."

"At first, Ali dominated the fight. The middle rounds, Frazier came on, it looked like he was gonna get Ali out of there. Ali pulled himself together and beat the shit out of Frazier, stopping him after the 14th, he couldn't come out for the 15th round. I'd never seen a fight like that. Like Ali said, it was truly living dead. ... The best of Ali -- Ali never was the same after those three and a half years that he couldn't fight. The Ali before then was the greatest fighter in the history of the world. We used to take bets before fights, how few punches Ali would get hit by. Over/under, and everybody would be betting. Because he was just so incredibly fast, and so good. That was the best Ali. But when he came back, he was still a great fighter, but totally different. He didn't have the speed and the reflexes, so he had to stand in there and punch."

"Things change. He got into problems because of his position on the Vietnam War, and has history evolved, it turned out that he was on the right side. And he was a great advocate for civil rights, and, you know, he was -- almost like people said that he was somebody who was truly touched by God. And he was. It was not just the athlete, it was the whole package. He certainly has to go down as one of the most important people of his time. As important as Kennedy, as important as anybody. It was the Muhammad Ali era. People will never forget him."