Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight boxing legend who fought opponents in the ring and on behalf of social justice outside of it, has died at 74 years old. Bob Costas reflects on the life of one of sport’s most electric, eclectic, influential icons.
More than his blurring hands, more than his brick will, I will remember Muhammad Ali’s devilish heart. Even to the end, even through the shaking and the mumbling, he never lost that. He might’ve lost that perfect beauty, that timeless voice, but he never lost that prankster’s soul.
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