Ali’s life was
so brassy and daring, so filled with wonders and adventure and so enlarged by the magic of his personality and the play of his mind, that no one remotely like him has ever been seen on the sporting scene.

Although Parkinson’s had silenced the Champ for decades, those of us who experienced him in his heyday will scarcely forget him. The world still resonates with his talent, his beauty, his bravado, his compassion, his convictions, and his largeness. Still, as George Foreman said, the world without Ali seems horrible.