I am Ali.I have always believed in myself.My parents taught me to be ________1 and that I could be the best at anything.I ________2 challenging my neighborhood boys to see who could jump the highest and run the fastest.Of course I knew when I made the ________3 that I would win.I never even ________4 losing.
I started my boxing(拳击)________5 when I was 12.In high school I boasted(自夸)________6, if not daily, that one day I was ________7 to be the champion of the world.As part of my training, I would run down the street.I would rush in and out of shops to ________8 them I was training for the Olympics and that I was going to ________9 a gold medal.I never thought of failing.I only thought of the glory I was going to ________10 when I won.When I said I was going to be the“Greatest of All Time.”I ________11 myself.And I still do.
But I didn't know that my will would be ________12 when I retired.In 1984, I had Parkinson's disease.But my confidence and will to continue to live will ________13 be defeated.(打败).
In 1996, I was asked to ________14 the cauldron(圣火)at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.Of course my answer was ________15.I never thought that the disease would be a problem.
When the ________16 came for me to light the cauldron, I realized I had the ________17 of the world on me.Then I heard an extremely loud ________18.I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic experience in Rome, ________19 I won the gold medal.I remember those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta and ________20 that I had come full circle.Nothing in life has defeated me.I am still“The Greatest”.