Ali changed me, my family, my neighborhood, my nation and beyond.

On the night of the big fight all the dads on our street got together.
They never assembled for anything before and never did since.
Unfortunately everyone but my dad bet against Clay and the fight was over in minutes.

During the Viet Nam war I followed Ali's lead politically.
While I did not follow the religious path even his strategy of rope a dope had its meaning in a larger world.

His humorous accusations were priceless. His career reformed boxing as a sport, racism, politics and war.