By TEREZ A. PAYLOR
In the summer of 2014, Chiefs tight end James O’Shaughnessy — then entering his senior season at Illinois State — needed some motivation.
The Redbirds had come off a 5-6 season, a down year for sure, and training for football is neither easy nor fun.
So he decided to get a tattoo on his upper left arm — a portrait of Muhammad Ali’s iconic first-round knockout of Sonny Liston — with a famous Ali quote underneath.
“Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion,” the black-and-white tattoo reads.