Quotes About Sonny Liston

Sonny Liston is America's curse. He is the black menace sprung from white racist stereotypes. And he likes it that way.

I was making a film on Muhammad Ali in 1964, and I went to Miami to film everything around the fight for the world championship with Sonny Liston. I had the good luck of flying down to Miami, and there was one empty seat, and the guy sitting next to this empty seat was Malcolm X.