'I don't know why I chose to express myself through boxing.

'I don't know why I chose to express myself through boxing.

'I don't know why I chose to express myself through boxing. Fighting is crazy, I know that. If everything was completely my way, I would have probably chosen something else.

But boxing is my calling. And what I feel is that we're all gonna die some day, so I might as well do what I want to do while I'm here.People talk about the advantages I've had in boxing because I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter. Obviously, in a lot of ways, my name helps, but there are disadvantages too. It was hard starting out with so much attention on me.

When I first got in the ring, a lot of people took it as a joke.Most fighters get to learn with no one watching. If you'd seen my father in the ring when he was twelve, he wouldn't have looked much either.I don't like the celebrity side of it. Being famous isn't all its cracked up to be.

Everyone wants something from you. You don't know who to trust. But I've never wished that I wasn't Muhammad Ali's daughter, knowing that his blood runs through my veins is very special to me.'- Laila Ali See less

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