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John McEnroe said on the NBC telecast of the Roland Garros doubles final that he was fortunate to meet the boxing legend Muhammad Ali on two brief occasions at sports function. McEnroe said Ali got in his face and whispered: “You crazier than me.”

The second encounter included McEnroe’s wife Patty: “He whispered to my wife, ‘You married crazy man, he’s crazier than me.”

A long-time boxing enthusiast and supporter McEnroe stated that Ali was “a hero for many people” and “Nobody laid it on the line like Ali did. Can you imagine any athlete giving up three and a half years of their prime to take a stand to defend what he believed in?”

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