Omar Suleiman

And it was a process.

It's a process for him.

But he inspires the likes of Muhammad Ali to become the person that he becomes and inspires many other people till today to really see themselves and see the world differently in light of that understanding of monotheism.

I think Muhammad Ali, his quotes on Islam are precious because he talks about how he sought the wealth of this world and he found it in Islam.

He found a greater meaning and he attributes everything that he became to his faith.

His sense of strength and commitment

The willingness to take a stand for the truth when it was extremely unpopular on the basis of his faith and on the basis of his integrity.

I think that he inspired people with his confidence and faith.

His coherence.

I mean, he was incredibly eloquent.

I mean, poetic.

And just unwavering.

Seemed unbreakable.

So as relentless as he was in the ring, he was even more so outside of the ring.

The man could not be broken.

And everything was stacked up against him, but he perseveres.

And he does so then through Parkinson's and chooses to live a life of giving, a life of service, a life of using his platform to bring up issues of importance and to champion the rights of others.

So he wasn't satisfied at any point in his life with simply being a boxing great, a boxing champion.

He uses it for so much more.

And so he goes down as one of the most famous Americans period of the 20th century, one of the most transformative Americans period of the 20th century, not just American Muslims.