Muhammed Ali

Boxer

Quote: "I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as champion.'" (Source; https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/styles/article_hero_image/public/archive/assets_article/bayarea/2016/06/04/ali-quote-photo.jpg

Biography: American professional boxer and social activist. Ali’s message of Black pride and Black resistance to white domination was on the cutting edge of the civil rights movement. Having refused induction into the U.S. Army, he also stood for the proposition that “unless you have a very good reason to kill, war is wrong.” (Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad-Ali-boxer)