Post columnist Steve Serby caught up with Knicks point guard Emmanuel Mudiay for some Q&A touching on his admiration for Muhammad Ali and growing up with a single mother in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Q: What is your fascination with Muhammad Ali?
A: That’s my favorite athlete of all time. I’m sad I never got to meet him, but he inspires me in so many ways, just ‘cause the confidence that he had in himself, not so much arrogant — he was a little arrogant, but at the same time, he even said sometimes he had to just say it loud to make himself try to believe it.