Five quotes by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on their epic 'Rumble In The Jungle' fight in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974:
Ali in the buildup to the Kinshasa fight
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."
"I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and got into bed before the room was dark."
"I done something new for this fight. I wrestled with an alligator. I tussled with a whale. I handcuffed lightning, I thrown thunder in jail.
Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick. I'm so mean I make medicine sick."
Foreman
"Muhammad amazed me, I'll admit it. He out-thought me, he out-fought me. That night, he was just the better man in the ring" - Foreman after losing the fight.
"After I lost to Ali in Zaire, I told everybody that I was robbed. The ropes were loose, the water was drugged ...Then, once I'd changed my nature, I realized what a blemish I'd put on this great man's career. Why would I go out and spit on his victory to mess up this great man's name?" Foreman in 2006 interview with Esquire magazine.