I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.
My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons.
Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.
I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
We all ended up jumping up and down, hugging each other when Ali won;cause Ali is the greatest.
Hitting Ali in the body or on the arms was like hitting a piece of cement.
Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.
Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.
So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness.
But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in.
Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out.
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