Do You like book The Soul Of A Butterfly: Reflections On Life's Journey (2004)?
"I even had chicken pox at and measles at the same time. My mother used to say that my mind was like the March wind, blowing every which way." 16"But sometimes all you have to do is breathe, and people will have an opinion on how you drew that breath." 69"Turning my back on Malcolm was one of the mistakes that I regret most in my life. I wish I'd been able to tell Malcolm I was sorry, that he was right about so many things. But he was killed before I got the chance. He was a visionary - ahead of us all. /.../ If i could go back and do it all over again, I would never have turned my back on him." 85"You don't really lose when you fight for what you believe in. You lose when you fail to fight for what you care about." 129Age was mind over matter - as long as you don't mind, it doesn't matter. /.../I would later discover that I already had Parkinson's disease. Before that point I could never really say goodbye to boxing, so boxing said goodbye to me." 131About Parkinson:"Some people speak loudly when they're talking to me, some very slowly - or both." 148"And if all that's too much, then I guess I'd settle for being remembered only as a great boxer who became a leader and a champion of his people. And I wouldn't even mind if folks forgot how pretty i was." 205
—Lekii
Muhammad Ali has been one of my favorite athletes since I was a kid, drawn to his brash personality as much as his prowess in the ring. So, when I was asked to write a series of videos that honored his work at the Ali Center in Louisville, KY, I knew the research would be fun. I started - and pretty much finished - here. This autobiography truly lets you into the soul of the man. It's not a detailed look at each stage of his life. Instead, he speaks more philosophically, sharing honest insight as to why he risked his career to protest the Vietnam War, why converting to Islam was the single most important decision of his life, and how Parkinson's has taken its toll. Mostly, he writes from an inspirational perspective, which would be a tad annoying coming from a third-tier athlete, but when the greatest athlete of the 20th century speaks about 'what it takes' and how we all have 'the soul of a butterfly', you really want to believe him.Mainly, I left this book feeling like I was Ali's friend - and that doesn't happen when you read most autobiographies.
—Tommy
This is a great book. I would like to read the 1st Muhammad Ali Autobiography, 'The Greatest - My Own Story', which is out of print. I loved this book. I have the kindle version, I don't know what a paper copy would look like. Some pages have a few short sentences, some of his poetry, some of his daughters poetry. Ali is almost childlike in some of his writings and reflections and I have a real sense that this book was really written by him, and his daughter and not heavily edited. He explains a lot about himself, a lot of things that people don't like about him - 'draft dodger ', black separatist, close friends with Malcolm X. I didn't know so much about him before this, I feel I know a lot now, and I appreciate what Ali has been through. And I think honestly to this day, the ego, the ' I'm so pretty' is still there, and his belief in himself is very real, we should all be so lucky to have that belief in ourselves.
—Minzi