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" I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks. "

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Laila Ali

Commitment

Good

Work

" I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things. "

" By being an athlete, I have uncovered so many other ways to express my beauty. Being a strong, fearless woman makes me feel beautiful. I love the way I look and feel when I am two hours into my training and my skin is glistening with sweat and my clothes are drenched because I have given it all I've got. "

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Love

Beautiful

" Focus on being balanced - success is balance. "

" My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such an organic fit for me. They are making strives to get families outside - and using tennis as a way to get kids to stay active. "

" I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant. "

" I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in steel-toed boots! But, of course, he's proud of me and proud of the boxer that I became. "

Laila Ali

Idea

Boots

" All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body. "

" My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him. "

" I want to encourage women to take control of their health. "

" You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy. "

" I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop. "

Laila Ali

Stop

Gym

" I think that if you do want to be a fighter, then you need to work harder than everybody else and make sure that you surround yourself with good people, especially if you're a woman. You've got to find a team that takes you seriously as a female fighter and is not going to rush you into the ring before you're ready. "

" Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self. "

" I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it. "

" I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child. "

" I don't really try to tell people whether they should fight. It's definitely not for everybody. "

" People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of the thousands of boxers out there that have name recognition. I'm definitely not upset by that. "

Laila Ali

Recognition

Name

" We shared our father with the world. "

" I'm private in the sense that I like my personal space and only want people in the parts of my business that I choose to share. Anything I feel is too personal to share publicly, I keep to myself. "

" My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children. "

" I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a while when he gets bored, he'll do a little boxing in there. He gets into the football. You can trade players, and he keeps up with the whole aspect of the game, not just the game. He's a fanatic. "

" I saw women's boxing on television for the first time when I was 18, and that's when I wanted to do it. So, it didn't come from me watching my father. I didn't know the sport existed; therefore, I wasn't really interested in it until I saw it. "

Laila Ali

Boxing

Time

" If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it. "

" My dad is an excellent grandfather. He loves kids. He loves to kiss them to death. "

Laila Ali

Death

Grandfather

" I understand that the average person can't imagine damaging their looks in any way if it could be avoided. But I don't value my physical beauty to the point where I would not do something I truly enjoy because I'm afraid of potentially hurting something superficial. "

" Everybody wants recognition, but we can't all get it. "

" While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.' "

" I like to play by my own rules. "

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Own

Play

" I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people. "