A fear of flying meant Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) tried to withdraw from the 1960 Olympic Games just weeks before the US team traveled to Rome. He was eventually persuaded to go but spent the entire flight with a parachute strapped to his back. It was worth it as Clay won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition on September 5, 1960. Clay sent his medal to his high school teacher who once taunted him, "you ain't never gonna be nuthin."
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