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Toy-in-the-Frame Thursday: "The Greatest Is Gone": Peanut Works on His School Report
Happy Toy-in-the-frame Thursday!
"A giant among men, Ali displayed [more] greatness in talent, courage & conviction [than] most of us will EVER be able to truly comprehend. #RIPAli"
- former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis
Peanut (right): "Dora, I'm so glad you suggested that I do my school report on Muhammad Ali. It's my final report of the year and I want it to be the best. I'm almost finished writing it."
Dora: "I've heard Mom talk about him so much, I knew you would find him really interesting."
Peanut: "There was no one like him before--or since. He was only 22 when he won the Heavyweight championship and said, "I must be the greatest!" He had no idea how true that would become. And to lose 3 years of the prime of his career to stand up as a conscientious objector during the war in Vietnam Nam--he really took a stand. To regain the World Championship against one of the biggest knock-out punchers ever, George Foreman, is practically a miracle.
"Still the biggest lesson I learned from researching his life is that you should stand up for what you believe in, even if you have to pay a price."
Dora: "When he lit the flame at the Olympics in Atlanta--that was thrilling! I also think he raised so much awareness about Parkinson's disease. And he became a real humanitarian; he was 'the people's champion.'"
Peanut: "I read a lot of those lists of the greatest athletes of the 20th century that were done by ESPN, Sports Illustrated and others. Not all of them ranked Muhammad Ali as #1, though many did.
"No matter what, to me, he truly was 'the greatest of all time'; next to him, everyone else is just an athlete."
**God bless Muhammad Ali. Rest in peace, rest in power.
Toy-in-the-Frame Thursday: "The Greatest Is Gone": Peanut Works on His School Report
Happy Toy-in-the-frame Thursday!
"A giant among men, Ali displayed [more] greatness in talent, courage & conviction [than] most of us will EVER be able to truly comprehend. #RIPAli"
- former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis
Peanut (right): "Dora, I'm so glad you suggested that I do my school report on Muhammad Ali. It's my final report of the year and I want it to be the best. I'm almost finished writing it."
Dora: "I've heard Mom talk about him so much, I knew you would find him really interesting."
Peanut: "There was no one like him before--or since. He was only 22 when he won the Heavyweight championship and said, "I must be the greatest!" He had no idea how true that would become. And to lose 3 years of the prime of his career to stand up as a conscientious objector during the war in Vietnam Nam--he really took a stand. To regain the World Championship against one of the biggest knock-out punchers ever, George Foreman, is practically a miracle.
"Still the biggest lesson I learned from researching his life is that you should stand up for what you believe in, even if you have to pay a price."
Dora: "When he lit the flame at the Olympics in Atlanta--that was thrilling! I also think he raised so much awareness about Parkinson's disease. And he became a real humanitarian; he was 'the people's champion.'"
Peanut: "I read a lot of those lists of the greatest athletes of the 20th century that were done by ESPN, Sports Illustrated and others. Not all of them ranked Muhammad Ali as #1, though many did.
"No matter what, to me, he truly was 'the greatest of all time'; next to him, everyone else is just an athlete."
**God bless Muhammad Ali. Rest in peace, rest in power.