Saturday, June 4, 2016

RIP: Muhammad Ali, The Greatest of all Time

Muhammad Ali was OUR Hometown Hero. A Louisville Native. Main Event Sports invites you to share your thoughts, memories and feeling about the three time Heavyweight Champion of the World, Boxer and Humanitarian. Following are quotes from The Champ, in no particular order:

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. Now you see me, now you don't. George thinks he will, but I know he won't.

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."

"I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast. I can't possibly be beat."

"Don’t count the days; make the days count."

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it—then I can achieve it."

“It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am."

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

“If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.”

“Braggin' is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.”

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

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

"A man who has no imagination has no wings."

"He’s (Sonny Liston) too ugly to be the world champ. The world champ should be pretty like me!"

"I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own."

“I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw thunder in jail.”

"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."


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