Ali

“I am the greatest!!! I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I can’t possibly be beat. They all must fall in the round I call. I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. The heavyweight champion of the world should be pretty like me. It ain’t bragging if you can back it up. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. I’m …

…of himself. He fought with pain and without the ability to quit. Physically and mentally he was damaged. Muhammad Ali did not have to say a word to show us his obsession for the sport. Maybe it wasn’t even about boxing. Maybe he just wanted to make us smile like he always did. Whatever his intentions were, Ali showed us that he had a passion for something. Muhammad Ali had a passion for life.