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Here is a Recap of the words that made Mohammad Ali a great global citizen both within and outside the ring. The fights "To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the USA won the medal of gold. The Greeks said you're better than the Cassius of old." After winning Olympic light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Games in Rome. "Hey Floyd - I seen you! Someday I'm gonna whup you! Don't you forget, I am the greatest!" To then-world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson during the 1960 Olympic Games. "Archie's been living off the fat of the land; I'm here to give him his pension plan." Before fighting the venerable Archie Moore. "Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can't talk. The man can't fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he's gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons." Before fighting world heavyweight champio...

"We shall get noticed by our actions" is the quote that can fairly open up this small article that I have been thinking about from the time the demise of the world's Greatest Muhammad Ali hit the media.  I am still thanking God for having enabled me to live and read about a selfless man who did not brag about his superiority achievements in sports but lowered himself to serve the common man in his society. Having been born in the 1940's before the era of the internet but had influence that reached almost all corners of the earth,  I have no doubt that his actions were actually more prominent than the current day internet. There absolutely no doubt that the world and the coming generation are going to miss Muhammad Ali's physical presence but his actions shall speak to many generations to come. I know God gave to the world such a great gift so that many of us that have lived to see him may learn from his example and make the world a better place.  Gone t...