Ali did have a way with words. I loved it when he was funny while being interviewed by Cosell and when he was being serious in his book. I'm jealous you got to see that fight with Frazier. I've only been to fights of people trying to break into the big leagues. I can't afford to pay the price for the big fights. It's on my bucket list though. 
I too watch a lot of the old films (the ones they put on video not the reels). I'm very partial to the lower weight classifications (I like the action that you don't normally get with the heavyweights...Ali and some others the exception). I watched a lot of boxing in the 70s. Loved to watch Arguello, Pryor (met Pryor), Sugar Ray Leonard, Monzon, Hagler, Hearns, Chavez, Duran and others.
I've read many books about many fighters and I do have a copy of "Soul of a Butterfly." A lot of good quotes in that book.
"Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder"
So many, many more.
Have you been to the Ali Center in Louisville?
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