I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

I could see it. I could almost feel it. When I proclaimed that I was the greatest of all time, I believed in myself, and I still do.

I was determined to show people what I could achieve.

I always thought I would just prove myself.

I would have been a much more popular World Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

I would say, ‘One day I’ll be really famous.'

More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great.

I'm as famous as I want to be.

I thought I should be stronger than was possible.

Muhammad Ali famously said, ‘To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

I’ll insist my competitor is the greatest, so that when I beat him, I won’t be calling myself the greatest — I’ll be proving it through my actions.

My confidence is top-notch, my beauty is top-notch, my brain is top-notch, my acting is top-notch. So, I am world best. I didn’t call myself, they [fans] called me and I claimed it.

I wanted to work hard. I wanted to prove myself somehow worthy of the good things I had known.

Call it madness or call it self-affirmation but if I can’t convince myself I’m great, how will I persuade the Spectators?