The Greatest Meets His Greatest Fan

<p><strong><em>The Greatest Meets His Greatest Fan</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em>This book must be the Greatest!</em></p><p><em>There can be no doubt</em></p><p><em>'cause Ali is The Man</em></p><p><em>this story's about!</em></p><p><em>'Tis a fine blend</em></p><p><em>of prose poetry & rhyme</em></p><p><em>thrills memories & happy times! But it has one fault I'll admit through my tears:</em></p><p><em>Why did I wait to write it for so many years?</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>??????Author's Opening Remarks</strong></p><p></p><p>I am known among my friends as someone who loves to tell stories. The one about the time I met Muhammad Ali is the one I love telling the most. I have told it to friends co-workers random people in the grocery line and to be honest total strangers on the street. Now if you are interested I would like to tell my story to you.</p><p></p><p>When I met Muhammad Ali in December of 1976 he was enjoying life at the zenith of his glory. This was his Golden Era. He was the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world universally recognized as the most famous man on the planet and everyone from homeless people on the street to world leaders celebrities and kings wanted to meet him.</p><p></p><p>It's a standard caution that meeting one's childhood hero can be disillusioning. Thankfully that wasn't the case for me. Muhammad Ali was as friendly and kind as I could have ever imagined. Even after all these years reliving the random chain of unlikely events that brought Ali and me together still fills me with joy and wonder. It so easily could have not happened- but it did! And I will be forever grateful.</p><p></p><p>Here is my story. I hope you enjoy it<strong>.</strong></p>