I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
-- Muhammad Ali
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Training-- of any kind-- isn't always fun, enjoyable, or sunshine and rainbows. For some people, training is always something which gets them ornery or in a foul mood. If the training is hard enough, it may even get people to quit training (or even to quit what they were training to do).
However, training is what's necessary in order to succeed later. If the training is good enough, it can even lead to the highest level a person can achieve in a chosen endeavor: a championship, an elected office, an award, recognition from peers, even marriage and parenthood.
Before the New England patriots, there was the Green Bay Packers before the Super Bowl Era. Coached by Vince Lombardi, this team went from sad-sack franchise to Team of the Decade (1960s). Even without winning Supper Bowl 1 and Supper Bowl II, the Packers had won the majority of NFL Championships during the 1960s. Training made that happen.
As great as Bruce Lee was, he wasn't born a martial artist. He trained, then he studied, then he trained more to perfect what he had learned. His training helped him become not only one of the best martial artists in the world but also an international icon and cultural touchstone.
Some Information about Muhammad Ali
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky, US on 1942-January-17. He dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, US on 2016-June-3.
Better known to the world as Muhammad Ali, he was an athlete, a boxer, and a social activist. He was an icon both as Cassius Clay and as Muhammad Ali.
Before he was 18, when he competed in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, he lived in an era when segregation of the races was a matter of both law and therefore culture. His father earned his wages by painting billboards and signage. His mother worked as a domestic for households needing one.
At age 12, the younger Cassius Clay began boxing with Joe Martin. Joe Martin was a police officer in Louiville, and he put Clay under his tutelage. He boxed as an amateur, and he qualified to represent the United States in boxing. After winning the boxing gold medal in the at the 175-pound class, he began his professional boxing career under supervision of the Louisvile Sponsoring Group. This was a syndicate consisting of 11 wealthy white men, in a time when those details still mattered.
Even back in his earliest days as a professional boxer, Clay was known for his showmanship and skills as an entertainer more than for his actual boxing skills. He was a trash talker even back then, before the term came into common use. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" came when he still called himself Cassius Clay. So did calling himself "The Greatest," although his boxing record at the time didn't reflect his future greatness.
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