"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 so mean, I make medicine sick. I shook up the world. Me! Whee!!!." *
             These words come from the mouth of Muhammad Ali. If you ever hear a man speak of himself in such a way, it makes you wonder. It makes you wonder if he has the right to speak the way he does. It makes you wonder if people accept him without any hostility. It makes you wonder what is so special about this person. If anybody, Muhammad Ali is the man that has the right to speak the way he does. In the boxing ring, he was feared and respected for his accomplishments. However, Muhammad Ali was known for his ego. It was an ego that people both loved and hated but also an ego which ended his career twice. Even with this ego of his, Ali always had a way of pulling in people with his sarcastic humor and charm. He was simply a man that had to be loved and respected by everybody. Ali loved life and everything about it. He was an example to us all. Muhammad Ali has given the world of sports something to remember for a lifetime.
             Ali came into the world of boxing with the same attitude and strength he still has today. He surprised everybody; everybody except himself. Ali was a born boxer. Ever since the age of 12 when his bicycle was stolen, he has been boxing kids or adults in one way or another. Never wanting to be abused again, Ali was determined to become the most dangerous man in the world. Knocking out every person he saw in sight was his plan. He used his quickness, his size, and his power to his advantage in every bout. It was through his skill and confidence where hi
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