“People don’t realize what they had till it’s gone. Like President Kennedy, there was no one like him, the Beatles, and my man Elvis Presley. I was the Elvis of boxing.”
— Muhammad Ali
Simplified Meaning:
We often don't appreciate what we have until it's no longer there. The speaker is comparing themselves to famous people like President Kennedy, the Beatles, and Elvis Presley, suggesting they were just as special in boxing as these figures were in their fields.
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