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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Laila Ali

Work

Yourself

Good

" I'm not one of those women who's like pro women. I'm an individual, and I'm in an individual sport. So I see everyone as individuals, not as male or female. "

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

" Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off. "

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

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

" I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information. "

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

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

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

Laila Ali

Death

Grandfather

" 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

" 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. "

" My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get. "

Laila Ali

People

Laugh

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

" 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

" 'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible. "

" I'm not a team sports person type person, so I probably would have been good at tennis, because I like tennis. But my parents really didn't push me. I think if my parents would have guided me and stay committed, I could have played any sport I wanted to, but I never did. "

" I like to play by my own rules. "

Laila Ali

Own

Play

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

" 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. "

Laila Ali

Love

Beautiful

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We shared our father with the world. "

" 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. "

" 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. "