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MEMORIES OF MY FATHER<\/span><\/h1>\n

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It was 1986, I was 14 years old and my Father\u00a0 picked me up for a visit because I lived with my grandparents.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got in the car, and I said I needed to stop for something to eat,\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBy the time I came back out, he was gone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, I called my father\u2019s new wife, Lonnie, and said, \u201cDaddy left me up here. I don\u2019t know why he left me.\u201d She said she\u2019d tell him as soon as he arrived home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDaddy turned the car around and came back to pick me up,\u201d He said: \u201cI\u00a0 \u2018Daddy, why did you leave me?\u2019 He said, \u2018I kind of forgot you were in the car.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That was the first time I \u00adactually realized something was wrong with him,\u201d he said.
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I wished before my dad got really sick, I could have had that father-son relationship, but that\u2019s impossible now. I wish I could have made up for lost time. But it doesn\u2019t break my heart anymore. It\u2019s been broken so many times, I\u2019m used to it by now.<\/span><\/p>\n

I dont remember ever enjoying a family meal together. Mostly, my grandparents raised me, As his father was busy boxing and my mom was acting in films.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I grew up with three sisters \u2014 Maryum and twins Jamillah and Rasheda, when they were infants, I still remember fondly the days when we saw our dad.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy father used to do magic tricks. He\u2019d have a handkerchief that he\u2019d make into a cane; he\u2019d then make it disappear. His card tricks were really good. He was such a comical person. My father liked to wear masks and scare people. He liked to have people on the edge of their seats.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to go to Pennsylvania where he had a training camp, and he\u2019d do tricks on stage. We all went. It was all the family, including my stepsisters Leila and Hana. We\u2019d get on the Bluebird Winnebago bus and go up to see him,\u201d Muhammad Jr. says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe stayed in log cabins, rode horses, watched him train, jump ropes and eat all the time as a family. He was a great cook.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I never went to any boxing matches apart from one when he fought Leon Spinks, and I just remember he kept on smiling even though he was getting hit a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe never wanted me to be a fighter. He said, \u2018Don\u2019t get into it if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, as it\u2019s dangerous.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Muahammad Ali Quotes<\/span><\/p>\n

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“My principles are more important than the money or my title.”<\/span><\/h2>\n

“I know where I’m going, and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. <\/span><\/h2>\n

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Mailing Address:<\/span><\/h3>\n

615 N\/E 8th street
<\/b>Suite 16<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

HALLANDALE,FL 33009<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tel: (561) 699-4458<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Muhammad Ali Jr.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Richard Blum<\/span><\/h1>\n

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