In Louisville, Ky. I got to pay tribute to one of my heroes, Muhammad Ali. I visited his center and walked around the grounds. I love him because he was confident and beautiful when society wanted him to blend in and shut up. He was a boxer, but he was eloquent.
"I wanted to be a good boxer and a heavyweight — a beautiful scientific, artistic and creative boxer," he once said.
Here is another quote from the noted humanitarian and Louisville native:
So glad you had a chance to visit the Muhammad Ali Center. He was and is a hero of mine and apparently yours too. We hope that you will return and see all the new things that we have done to make it more exciting and inviting to the community and world at large. Sorry we did not get more time to talk.