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Boxer Muhammad Ali’s Advice To His
Daughter
An incident transpired when Muhammad
Ali’s daughters arrived at his home wearing
clothes that were quite revealing. Here is the
story as told by one of his daughters: “When
we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my
younger sister, Laila, and me up to my
father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind
the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged
many hugs and kisses as we could possibly
give in one day.
My father took a good look at us. Then he sat
me down on his lap and said something that
I will never forget. He looked me straight in
the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God
made valuable in the world is covered and
hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds?
Deep down in the ground, covered and
protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep
down at the bottom of the ocean, covered
up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where
do you find gold? Way down in the mine,
covered over with layers and layers of rock.
You’ve got to work hard to get to them.” He
looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body
is sacred. You’re far more precious than
diamonds and pearls, and you should be
covered too.”

His approach to the subject is fatherly... gentle...