Ep 102 - Stories of Ali with John Ramsey

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

John Ramsey is a Louisville media personality and was a close friends with Muhammad Ali. From a meeting in a locker room to a lifelong friendship, John was lucky enough to learn many incredible lessons from The People's Champion.

Today on the show, Eric and John get into stories of Ali. Topics include:

(4:00-8:00) - Becoming friends with Ali in the late 60's early 70's. The law of attraction.

(8:00-11:00) - Ali's servant leadership, stories from Australia Olympics

(11:00-16:35) - Ali letting his guard down. Ali's authentic leadership

(16:35-20:35) - Advice Ali has given John

(20:35-27:20) - Ali's relationship with faith, Ali at the Orange Bowl

(27:20-33:00) - John speaking at Ali's funeral

(33:00-38:30) - Ali impacting today's athlete activist

(38:30-42:00) - John's favorite boxing match of Ali

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0:00.0	I remember I got the car with Muhammad and it really touched me because I wasn't thinking
0:11.4	about the loser and I told Muhammad that.
0:13.0	I said, Muhammad, I was caught up in the moment.
0:15.0	I said, I never gave the loser a second thought.
0:17.0	I said, man, you're the greatest.
0:19.0	And Mama goes, tell me something I don't already know.
0:22.4	You know, he knew how he could affect people. And he looked to do that, Eric. He always wanted to,
0:27.4	you know, find the person who needs him the most.
0:34.9	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet by learning from high performers in a variety of industries.
0:45.1	Our next guest is John Ramsey. John is a mainstay in the Louisville media scene and someone who I've had the pleasure of interacting with on many occasions.
0:55.2	He is one of the most genuine people you will ever meet in your life. That genuine nature
1:00.7	helped forge a close friendship with the greatest of all time, Louisville's own and AP athlete
1:07.4	of the century, Muhammad Ali. I can't wait for you to hear the stories that
1:12.5	John shares about Muhammad and the impact
1:14.9	that Ali had on so many.
1:17.3	This was an extremely fun episode
1:19.3	for me to record and I know you will love it as well.
1:22.1	Please share this episode on social media
1:24.0	and rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast.
1:27.2	Enjoy. John, welcome to the podcast enjoy john welcome to show brother
1:30.5	oh man thank you so much jerick you know i enjoy my time with you absolutely and in the roles
1:35.9	are reverse now i've done so many of your shows over the year one of the busiest men in media
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