If my parents were to hear that their son won an Academy Award, they'd roll over in their graves. I was the luckiest person, but that luck came through the grace of Muhammad Ali.
Leon Gast
Ali was actually able to fool some people into thinking that Foreman was actually a white man.
I built a relationship and a rapport with Muhammad Ali, and I could never top that experience.
Foreman had annihilated every single one of his opponents to that point, but here was Ali, going to Africa, selling himself as the 'real deal' black man.
I knew Ali would beat Foreman - absolutely. At Deer Lake, his fight camp in Pennsylvania, his training sessions were awesome.
