Some great interviews with parkinson https://youtu.be/YkM0v4lYEUc
Muhammad Ali has died
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#42What's My Name?
Beautiful little 20 min doc on his life and, yes, his name: http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/100000003216440/muhammad...
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#43"The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! Rumble, young man, rumble!" rip
Thank you - I never heard the first part of that quote.
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#44I remember him receiving an honorary doctorate degree on stage during my own college graduation. He was shaking from Parkinson's, helped by his daughter, but looked strong. This was 9 years and 3 days ago.
RIP.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's one of my favorite sport highlight videos. https://youtu.be/072IsGDEpTc His speed, footwork, and power is just incredible.
Damn...whenever I watch boxing movies like Rocky, I always think the action and power look so fake compared to what you normally see when watching broadcast boxing fights. But I guess if you grew up watching videos of Ali, you'd have a higher expectation of razzle-dazzle.
I wonder if is now ingrained in boxing training to move like that -- no one notices a big difference like they did with Ali because everyone is trained to move like that. Looking back through the videos I have to think that none of the heavyweight boxers move like that today. I wonder if there will be a renaissance in boxing where you have a whole generation of boxers moving like Ali. Does anyone follow boxing? Can anyone comment on how Ali influenced the state of boxing generations later?
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#46I met him briefly in 1991 but will never forget. A man in the history books now and forever. I shall look up to the sky and smile. I'm sure he is resting in peace.
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#47My wife visited his home in Berrien Springs, MI. As an exchange student she had no idea who he was. Hugging The Champ in his frail years without having a clue... sigh. Fun fact.
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#48Such an embodiment of what it means to stand up for the truth in a time it was powerlessly rare. "Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee..." RIP, ALI.
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#49Muhammad Ali is something we won't allow public figures to be anymore. Being outspoken and standing up for his beliefs, against all repercussions, were his his greatest feat(s). I hope, over all else, his contributions to the human spirit reign over the rest of us. We need another (dozen) Cassius Clays.
Nobody allowed him to be this at the time either. It was not easier in any way. He just had the gut to do it. In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Everybody said that he would not be able to do the same today. Well, all his friends responded, at the time neither. He got sued. Threaten. Physically and financially attacked. Disruption is always hard. And eventual…
> In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show.
Who would that be ? I immediately thought about Desproges.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nobody allowed him to be this at the time either. It was not easier in any way. He just had the gut to do it. In France we had some old celebrity known for their very funny yet inapropriate one man show. Everybody said that he would not be able to do the same today. Well, all his friends responded, at the time neither. He got sued. Threaten. Physically and financially attacked. Disruption is always hard. And eventual…
You're correct. That's what I ultimately meant. His words were met, in the media, with challenge. Having his words even echoed was a feat in and of itself. You or I could not replicate his feat as we don't have the stage. People hinged on his every word because of his prowess in a field people could understand. Guys like LeBron James and Michael Phelps are the only folks who could garner the same level of respect in…
People don't hinge on words (although their lives may); they hang on them. The idiom is "case in point", meaning "here is an example in furtherance of my argument."
Yes, that may seem like nitpicking, but whether it's fair and logical or not, people will at least partially base their assessment of your message (or argument, or what have you) on the language you use to convey it.