A TREMENDOUS BOLT OF LIGHTNING
“ It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. ” - Muhammad Ali F or the last three weeks or so, I have been watching videos of Muhammad Ali’s boxing contests… the famous ones and the less famous ones… His knock-outs and knock-downs… I have been reading anything and everything about Muhammad Ali… Watching his interviews, listening to his songs and speeches and, not to miss – his famous ‘trash-talk’. Call it ‘bragging’ if you like… Of course, at your own peril! People who thought Ali was a loud-mouth bragger and too self-obsessed - which include his legendary opponents like as Joe Frazier and George Foreman – later changed their opinion about Ali’s flamboyant-and-brash-sounding lingo… They ended up being his lifetime friends harbouring in their hearts tremendous respect for him… I was first introduced to Muhammad Ali by my dad when I was a little school boy, back in my village… Th...