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Harbaugh: 'Muhammad Ali is greatest sports competitor world has ever known'

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  1. Muhammad Ali0:24, 0:29
  2. Mohammed Ali2:55, 3:25
  3. Baltimore0:26
  4. Louisville1:25
  5. Canada4:09
  6. Miami1:58
  7. Smart guys4:11
  8. rain sleet1:21
Mon, 17 Sep 2012|

Harbaugh shares stories that were relayed to him from his father about Muhammad Ali, and refers to the purple dinosaur Barney.

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Transcript

Q what do you -- former. -- always. Yeah hosted we're talking last week. That's really sure I don't know you -- -- Well at least the. Two great ones commit to my dad met Muhammad Ali. Last week in Baltimore. You know Muhammad Ali -- Went to the ravens' practice and then was there with their team and my dad. Got to be Wear them in or watched practice with -- Lelie and not Mohammed's wife and is that a golf cart watching. The practice and make but they're called me right away and he says it. Yeah I couldn't talk around the radar since I was just so when. So. It was one of the best. Best there's ever happened to me in my life. He'll be around -- -- like Morgan -- stories the stories. In. So he she said one that Mamas. Wife told. My dad was that when. -- was young. You're going to school and and -- in everything that he had to take the bus. To school every day two and a half miles. With the other kids in and the rain sleet snow. Humidity at the Louisville. Springs and falls that -- would walk through the bus stop all the kids would get on the bus and then. Mohamed would. Run. Follow the bus. To school every single day. And everybody who's crazy every thought. Guys crazy but. That was once -- and the other story was. When. When mom who's getting ready to fight seller list and in Miami in 64 for the heavyweight title. The hotel that that. The fight was that in that mom and had trained in. Didn't allow. Blacks at that time to this -- that hotels and segregated hotel so. -- had to stay five miles away from the hotel room. And you know had drive in every day to. Two I trained and he refused to drive any grand five models and every step of the way to tell him he didn't put up -- -- she didn't complain about it but every step for that run. He was telling himself somebody's gonna pay. For this. And I was gonna be so realistic. Over the years and everything -- it's easy next few years ago. They're real a lot of Mohammed Ali stories. We all think and horrible for -- that is I'm Ali is the greatest competitor. Sports competitor -- this world's ever known and we've we've seen. Mean the clips we've Reynolds stories. That didn't hadn't heard those two stories that was great to sign up about the quote board that's. That's that's -- we we brought that and put it up there we just have. The greatest profound respect. For Mohammed Ali and many of you you may -- -- -- Going right after a Tucker around Tuesday or some first as we -- -- squad yeah. Yeah pasta. Didn't -- It's. But this one -- -- that they -- the things we do. Here is. No we don't break it down and -- style at the end of a story. And and try to tell people what we think the messages you know what the message should do -- Canada. Put it there and he's a Smart guys they. They relate to it -- In the ways that they relate to it and and sometimes it's it's very different I love getting the feedback of what. You know what would -- is they took from her work with what they had their they're. They're past winners.

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