I consider an idol someone that has done great things and someone that I admire. Some of the things that I consider great are, accomplishing seemingly impossible goals, standing up for your own rights and doing things that are extraordinary. Muhammad Ali is someone that I consider to be a "significant other" because I admire him and strive to have the same type of conviction that he has.
At first Cassius Clay had no intension of boxing. After his bike was stolen, in the month of October 1954, when he was twelve, his whole life destiny changed in an instant. Upon finding out that there was a police officer in the basement of a gym, Cassius went down in a horrendous state of mind exclaiming a "state wide bike hunt," and said he was going to beat up the person that stole his bike.
The way his life changed was that the police officer asked him if he knew how to fight and he said "no." The policeman offered Cassius lessons in how to box so that he could seek out the bike thief. This......
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