Everybody Pulls For David, Nobody Roots For

When I Was A Freshman, I Fooled Around With Shooting Free Throws This Way: For Some Reason, I Thought You Had To Stay Within The Top Half Of That Free-throw Circle, So I Would Step Back To Just Inside The Top Of The Circle, Take Off From Behind The Line And Dunk. They Outlawed That, But I Wouldn't Have Done It In A Game, Anyway. I Was A Good Free Throw Shooter In College." Actually He Was A 62% Free Throw Shooter, Which Is Poor Except In Comparison To His 51% As A Pro.

Everybody Pulls For David, Nobody Roots For Goliath.

They Were So Clever Finding Ways To Get Me The Ball. They Had To Do More Than Just Give Up Open Shots. They Had To Avoid Fouls And Pass Me The Ball In Traffic.

I've Prided Myself On Being In Excellent Condition-as Good As Any Man In My Profession. Now This Doesn't Come From Sitting Around On Your Rear End. This Comes From Hard, Hard Work.

And I Remember Leaving My Place In L.a. And - My Father Is A Big Fight Fan - And I Said, 'dad, I Got A Couple Of Days Off And I'm Getting Ready To Go To Houston To Sign To Fight Muhammad Ali.