Laila Ali
Laila Amaria Ali is an American boxer and television personality born on December 30, 1977, in Miami Beach, Florida.
Ali was educated at Santa Monica College before pursuing a career in professional boxing. Over the course of her athletic career, she established herself as a significant figure in women's boxing, a recognition formalized by her induction into both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame. These two honors place her among a select group of fighters recognized by the sport's most prominent institutional bodies.
Alongside her boxing career, Ali has worked as a television personality, extending her public presence beyond the ring. Her body of work spans competitive athletics and broadcast media, and her induction into two separate boxing halls of fame reflects the sustained significance of her contributions to women's boxing as a sport.
Quotes by Laila Ali
I’ve always like watching competition and athleticism. Just seeing the average person going up against Gladiators, is always something I enjoy. I’m not really a big sports fan, but I do enjoy the show.
Sometimes if you don’t physically attempt something, you don’t realize how sick to your stomach or how hard it is.
I was one of those people who wasn’t getting a lot of milk, so I had to pump forever to just get two ounces of milk. But, you know, I wasn’t going to give up or stop.
The wrestling, even though I would only wrestle for 15 or 20 or 30 minutes at a time, and it would look like that was the only time I was in it, was really a 24-hour job. Keeping yourself alive, reinventing yourself, staying physically in shape, the traveling, all the other commitments with being a wrestler, it was a crossover situation where it became sports entertainment and you actually became a media star, so it was very demanding.
Maybe if I completely shaved my head and get the frost out of my moustache, maybe I could get one of those serious acting jobs.
My dad is my dad. I love him, and I realize that he's as famous as he is. Of course, I don't look at him like everybody else does. Because I know his little faults, I know his weaknesses. Nobody's perfect. But he's my dad. Just like your dad is to you.
I was one of those people who wasn't getting a lot of milk, so I had to pump forever to just get two ounces of milk. But, you know, I wasn't going to give up or stop.
I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun.
Sometimes if you don't physically attempt something, you don't realize how sick to your stomach or how hard it is.