<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nico Ali Walsh, a grandson of Muhammad Ali, scored a rapid knockout on his pro <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> debut.</li><li>For the bout, he was wearing a pair of trunks given to him by his grandfather.</li><li>"He's the greatest fighter who ever lived - maybe the greatest person," he said of Ali.</li></ul><p>Nico Ali Walsh, a grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, defeated Jordan Weeks by technical knockout in his professional boxing debut on Saturday.</p><p>For the bout, the middleweight fighter was wearing a pair of trunks given to him by his legendary grandfather, who died in 2016.</p><p>"Obviously my grandfather, I've been thinking of him so much. I miss him. It's been an emotional journey," Ali Walsh told ESPN after his win.</p><p>"I think me and [Weeks] made a little bit of history tonight. This lived up completely to my expectations."</p><p>He added: "It seems like a lot of pressure; to me, it's just my grandfather. He's the greatest fighter who ever lived - maybe the greatest person."</p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yd5lesf2kKc" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Ali Walsh is the son of Robert Walsh and Rasheda Ali Walsh, one of Muhammad Ali's seven daughters.</p><p>The 21-year-old signed a deal with Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing in June ahead of his first professional fight.</p><p>Fighting on the undercard of a trilogy bout between Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco in Oklahoma, Ali Walsh knocked down Weeks with a ferocious right hook to the head midway through the first round.</p><p>Weeks was able to get to his feet, but the referee waved the fight off shortly afterwards when he was unable to defend himself against a flurry of punches from Ali Walsh.</p><p>There was a little over a minute left in the first round when the fight was called as a TKO win for Ali Walsh.</p><p>While the trunks proved a good omen on the night, Ali Walsh seemed to distance himself the gift, saying: "I'm never wearing these trunks again."</p><p>In the night's main event, US fighter Franco defended his WBA super-flyweight championship with a unanimous win over the Australia Moloney.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jun/05/rasheda-ali-muhammad-city-of-ali-documentary"></a>

Muhammad Ali's grandson scored a 2-minute debut knockout win while wearing a pair of trunks given to him by the boxing GOAT

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Paris 2024 Olympic ceremony was held on Friday.</li><li>The Olympic cauldron was set alight, symbolizing the opening of the games.</li></ul><p>The lighting of the Olympic cauldron symbolizes the opening of the Olympic Games. That makes it a pretty big deal to Olympic fans and organizers alike.</p><p>Each ceremony puts its own spin on the ceremonial lighting, and France had its turn on Friday.</p><p>The Olympic cauldron for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-2024-olympics-opening-ceremony-important-moments-explained-2024-7">2024 Paris Olympics</a> is a floating hot-air balloon-style structure that pays tribute to France's history of innovation in air travel. The cauldron rests on the ground during the day; then, each night, it is lifted over 60 meters into the air.</p><p>But if you look a little closer, you'll see that it's not actually a real flame.</p><p>Instead, 40 LED lights illuminate water vapor within the cauldron to give the illusion of a flame. This means the cauldron doesn't require fossil fuels to stay alight, making a departure from the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://press.paris2024.org/news/the-cauldron-of-the-olympic-games-paris-2024-takes-to-the-skies-to-shine-over-the-capital-3dfe1-7578a.html#:~:text=Created%20by%20French%20designer%20Mathieu,without%20fuel%2C%20thanks%20to%20EDF.">Olympic flames</a> of the past.</p><p>The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is the dramatic end to the journey of the Olympic flame, which is carried across the host country in a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://olympics.com/en/news/key-highlights-top-celebrities-best-moments-olympic-torch-relay-paris-2024">relay</a>.</p><p>Each Olympic fan has their own favorite <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/naomi-osaka-lits-tokyo-olympics-cauldron-during-opening-ceremony-2021-7">Olympic cauldron lighting</a>.</p><p>Standout moments include Muhammed Ali lighting the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Chinese gymnast Li Ning being raised up by wires across the stadium to light the flame at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.</p><p>But for many, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-olympic-games-changed-barcelona-forever-2012-7">1992 Barcelona Olympics</a> remain top of mind.</p><p>Archer Antonio Rebollo took a lit arrow and shot it bull's-eye into the cauldron, lighting it up. The simple but effective moment has gone down in Olympic history.</p><p>It's a moment that's hard to live up to, even if France's cauldron can take flight and is powered by renewable energy.</p><h2 id="b32d5159-0379-4e7d-ba00-ccf6e32a5192"><strong>History of the Olympic torch and cauldron</strong></h2><p>The Olympic flame was first used in the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/olympic-torch-relay">1936 Olympic Games</a>, and the tradition remains.</p><p>Ahead of the ceremony every four years, the torch is first lit in Olympia, the founding site of the Olympics. It then travels through Greece to Athens, where it's handed to the delegations for the host country.</p><p>This year, the torch was transported to the host country, France, by sea and landed in Marseille. After landing in the host country, the torch began a 68-day relay, which saw it taken across the country by French and international sports stars, among others.</p><p>The final leg of the journey took place during the opening ceremony. During the ceremony, a masked figure passed it to French footballer Zinedine Zidane, then to tennis player Rafael Nadal, and to French tennis player Amélie Mauresmo.</p><p>French sports stars Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner finally "lit" the cauldron to create what looked like a ring of flames that were <span>attached to a hot-air balloon that was then lifted into the sky. The ring of flames</span> was actually created by 40 electrically-powered LED spotlights.</p><p>The cauldron will now "burn" throughout the remainder of the Olympic Games in the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/luxurious-trip-paris-what-worth-extra-money-and-not-2023-6">Jardin des Tuileries</a> by the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-louvre-mona-lisa-crowds-tourism-season-disappointing-2023-7">Louvre</a>.</p>

France put its own unique spin on the Olympic cauldron — here's why the ceremonial moment is such a big deal for fans

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3025702" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dina-Asher-Smith">Dina Asher-Smith</keyword> has hit out at the <keyword id="395647" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tokyo-Olympics">Tokyo Olympics</keyword> for banning athletes from protesting at medal ceremonies.</li><li>"I see protesting and expressing yourself as a fundamental human right," she said.</li><li>Over 150 athletes and organizations have <a href="https://twitter.com/AliCenter/status/1418215259966373904">signed an open letter calling for the ban to be lifted.</a></li></ul><p>Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith has hit out at the Tokyo Olympics for banning athletes from protesting at medal ceremonies.</p><p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had previously banned any kind of protest at the Games, but it relaxed its rules to allow protests before and after events in July.</p><p>Protests during events, medal ceremonies, and at the Olympic Village remain banned, however.</p><p>Protests must also not be "targeted, directly or indirectly, against people, countries, organizations and/or their dignity" and cannot be "disruptive."</p><p>"If you were to penalize someone for standing up against racial inequality, how on earth would that go, how on earth are you going to enforce that?" <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/22/dina-asher-smith-athlete-protests-racism-tokyo-olympics-team-gb">sprinter Asher-Smith told The Guardian.</a></p><p>"Would you revoke someone's medal for saying racism is wrong? I see protesting and expressing yourself as a fundamental human right.</p><p>"When people feel strongly about something, particularly when it's something that's so close to your heart - and as a black woman you think about racism - I just think you can't police people's voice on that.</p><p>"That's an incredibly difficult thing to do."</p><p>Over 150 athletes, <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> organizations, and human rights and social justice experts have now <a href="https://twitter.com/AliCenter/status/1418215259966373904">signed an open letter calling on the IOC to lift sanctions on protesting in Tokyo completely.</a></p><p>Among those to sign the letter are Tommie Smith and John Carlos - the black US sprinters who gave the Black Power Salute on the podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.</p><p>Both athletes were expelled from the Games for the gesture.</p><p>"We do not believe the changes made reflect a commitment to freedom of expression as a fundamental human right nor to racial and social justice in global sports," said the letter, which has also been signed by the daughter of boxing legend Muhammed Ali, Laila.</p><p>"Staying neutral means staying silent, and staying silent means supporting ongoing injustice."</p>

Great Britain sprinter hits out at the Tokyo Olympics ban on athletes protesting against racial inequality at medal ceremonies

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">Soccer</keyword> star <keyword id="3382939" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Christian-Pulisic">Christian Pulisic</keyword> says <keyword id="1226" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Golf">golf</keyword> legend <keyword id="20491" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tiger-Woods">Tiger Woods</keyword> is his "biggest inspiration."</li><li>"Growing up, I always loved him," the Chelsea forward told Insider.</li><li>Pulisic also says he aims to emulate Woods by inspiring a new generation of American athletes. </li></ul><p>As a young American athlete, there are countless home grown sporting heroes to idolize - Michael Jordan, Muhammed Ali, and Serena Williams to name but a few.</p><p>However, for soccer star Christian Pulisic, it is golf legend Tiger Woods who he looks up to.</p><p>Woods, now a five-time Masters champion, became a professional golfer aged just 20 in 1996, and quickly became a household name after winning three PGA Tour events and a first major in less than a year.</p><div type="image" title="Tiger Woods" height="1000" width="2000" msid="85181509" hostid="261"></div><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/christian-pulisic-can-be-the-tiger-woods-of-american-soccer-2019-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">His meteoric rise to fame helped interest in golf in America soar</a> - a feat Pulisic hopes he can replicate within soccer.</p><p>"Tiger Woods is probably my biggest inspiration," the Chelsea FC star told Insider in an interview. "I loved him as an athlete. Growing up, I always loved him.</p><p>"[His rise] was incredible, and that's exactly what I'm hoping I can do, inspire, especially kids back home, to do what I'm doing."</p><div type="image" title="United States midfielder Weston McKennie (8), forward Christian Pulisic (10) and midfielder Tyler Adams (4) look on from the bench in action during an international friendly match between the United States and Costa Rica" height="1334" width="2000" msid="85181512" hostid="261"></div><p>Pulisic is already having quite the effect on American soccer.</p><p>The Hershey-born star burst onto the scene with Borussia Dortmund as a teenager in 2016, scoring 19 goals and assisting 26 more across the next three years.</p><p>His form in Germany earned him a $75 million move to Chelsea in 2019 - a price tag that made him the most expensive American soccer player in history.</p><p>Since Pulisic's breakthrough with Dortmund, <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-do-american-soccer-stars-move-to-germany-christian-pulisic-2020-9">a wave of new American stars have followed suit by moving to Europe.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/why-do-american-soccer-stars-move-to-germany-christian-pulisic-2020-9">No less than 17 American players now play in Europe's top five leagues,</a> while over 100 play in the continent's other divisions.</p><p>"It really just makes me proud," Pulisic told Insider of his current contingent of compatriots in Europe.</p><p>"I mean, there were people before me who inspired me, who may not get as much credit, but I hope that potentially some of these guys saw me over in Europe and playing in the Bundesliga and thought, 'Wow, if this kid can do it, I can do it.'</p><p>"And now to see, it's almost a regular thing, Americans across Europe, you know it's just awesome. It's awesome for all of us to see."</p><p><em>Christian Pulisic spoke to Insider to mark signing a new long-term deal with global <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> brand Puma, a partnership he hopes can further inspire the growth of American soccer.</em></p><p><em>"We're hoping that we can accomplish something special together," he told Insider.</em></p>

Christian Pulisic, the most expensive player in US soccer history, says Tiger Woods was his biggest inspiration as a kid

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d889bef2e22af0ff979f097-1535/gettyimages-56471819.jpg" border="0" alt="TWA 1985 hijack" data-mce-source="NABIL ISMAIL/AFP/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Beirut, LEBANON: This photo taken 19 June 1985 at the Beirut airport, in Lebanon, shows former TWA pilot John Testrake (R) answering journalists' questions with a gun pointed near his head during a tense two-week standoff, when two Lebanese hijackers diverted a Trans World Airlines Boeing jet carrying 153 passengers and crew." /><p class="source"><span>NABIL ISMAIL/AFP/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Beirut, LEBANON: This photo taken 19 June 1985 at the Beirut airport, in Lebanon, shows former TWA pilot John Testrake (R) answering journalists' questions with a gun pointed near his head during a tense two-week standoff, when two Lebanese hijackers diverted a Trans World Airlines Boeing jet carrying 153 passengers and crew.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>The police in Greece think they may have finally arrested Muhammed Ali Hamadi, a notorious Hezbollah terrorist who took part in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet in which a US Navy sailor was tortured and killed.</strong></li><li><strong>But some sources in the US have said they don't believe the Greeks have got the right man.</strong></li><li><strong>The suspect was arrested on a cruise ship near the party island of Mykonos.</strong></li><li><strong>A Greek source told Insider that biometric data prompted the arrest.</strong></li></ul><p>Greek police today continued working to identify <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/244785/article/ekathimerini/news/questions-about-identity-of-man-arrested-over-1985-hijacking">a 65-year-old Lebanese man arrested disembarking from a cruise ship</a> on <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49783850?ocid=socialflow_twitter">the island of Mykonos last Thursday</a> on suspicions he was involved in the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847.</p><p>The man was identified by Lebanon's foreign ministry as journalist "Mohammed Salah" but Greek police and intelligence officials reportedly believe the suspect might actually be Muhammed Ali Hamadi, a notorious Hezbollah operative who had been previously convicted and sentenced to life in prison in Germany for the hijacking and an unrelated bomb plot.</p><p>However, the <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/09/22/man-arrested-in-greece-had-nothing-to-do-with-1985-hijacking-and-murder-victims-brother-tells-military-times/">brother of a US Navy sailor tortured and killed in the 1985 hijacking told the American press</a> that he was told by the US Department of Justice that the man in custody is not Hamadi. Americans officials have long wanted Hamadi extradited to the US to face trial for the TWA hijacking and the murder of the sailor.</p><p>Greek officials have not commented and the suspect remains in jail.</p><p>Greek officials did not return calls for comment on the discrepancy but one police official speaking on background to Insider said that biometric data led to the arrest. Hamadi was said to be in his late 30s in 2005, which would put him in the same age range as the detained suspect. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d889c502e22af08b67bec94-2400/gettyimages-1170363.jpg" border="0" alt="TWA 1985 hijack" data-mce-source="(Photo by Courtney Kealy/Getty Images)" data-mce-caption="396463 03: The Mukefaha, a Lebanese Army anti-terrorism special unit, train at the Beirut International Airport October 26, 2001 in Lebanon. The same airport was the scene of the 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking during which U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was shot dead." /><p class="source"><span>(Photo by Courtney Kealy/Getty Images)</span></p><p class="caption">396463 03: The Mukefaha, a Lebanese Army anti-terrorism special unit, train at the Beirut International Airport October 26, 2001 in Lebanon. The same airport was the scene of the 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking during which U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was shot dead.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Much to the fury of US officials, Germany was forced to release Hamadi on parole to Lebanon in 2005 after a German national was kidnapped by Hezbollah (or its allies) in Iraq. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/germany-releases-hezbollah-hijacker-wanted-by-us/a-1829531">The hostage, a prominent German archaeologist, was released unharmed</a> after Hamadi was paroled and deported to Lebanon, which has since refused to act on US demands for his extradition.</p><p>The suspect is currently being held <a href="http://www.ekathimerini.com/244785/article/ekathimerini/news/questions-about-identity-of-man-arrested-over-1985-hijacking">in a prison on Syros</a>, near Mykonos, and will be transferred to Athens this week to face extradition hearings on both German and American warrants. The US is expected to push hard for their warrant to take priority over Germany's in part because of concerns that he would be released again. </p><p>If the Greek police are correct and the suspect is confirmed to be Hamadi, it will reopen an unexpected chapter in the career of one of Hezbollah's highest-profile operatives.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-assassination-of-imad-mughniyah/">Hamadi is accused of helping mastermind the 1985 hijacking with Imad Mughniyeh</a>, the Hezbollah master terrorist who was accused of a slew of attacks and kidnappings against US, French, Israeli and other targets from 1981 to 2008, when he was killed in a joint Mossad-CIA operation in Damascus. </p><p>Hamadi was originally arrested in Germany, while carrying bomb-making components in 1987 and convicted of hijacking and murder before being held for 19 years prior to his 2005 release. </p><p>The hijacking of TWA Flight 847 stunned the US in 1985. Two armed men stormed the cockpit of the plane as it departed Athens for Rome before being scheduled to continue to San Diego. They diverted the plane to Beirut, where US Navy sailor Robert Dean Stetham was beaten, shot, and dumped on the tarmac as the plane was refueled, and more heavily armed hijackers, including Mughniyeh, joined the operation. </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d889c812e22af08bf3993b7-2200/2005-12-21t120000z33606619rp2dsfhiisadrtrmadp3lebanon.jpg" border="0" alt="TWA 1985 hijack" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files" data-mce-caption="A Shi'ite Muslim gunman talks to one of the hijackers of a TWA plane at Beirut airport in this file photo taken in June 1985. One of the hijackers, Mohammad Ali Hammadi, was released by Germany last week after serving nearly 19 years of a life sentence for his role in the 17-day hijack drama and the killing of U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem." /><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Jamal Saidi/Files</span></p><p class="caption">A Shi'ite Muslim gunman talks to one of the hijackers of a TWA plane at Beirut airport in this file photo taken in June 1985. One of the hijackers, Mohammad Ali Hammadi, was released by Germany last week after serving nearly 19 years of a life sentence for his role in the 17-day hijack drama and the killing of U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The ensuing days saw the plane repeatedly fly between Algiers and Beirut, as Hamadi and Mughniyeh demanded the release of 17 Hezbollah operatives held in a plot to truck-bomb the US Embassy in Kuwait, as well as hundreds of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel, which occupied most of southern Lebanon at the time.</p><p>Eventually, the hostages were taken to sites in southern Beirut and their freedom was negotiated by Lebanese officials with the last released two weeks into the incident. </p><p>US officials have long sought Hamadi for Stetham's murder as well as the hijacking and were livid when Germany decided to parole his life sentence, while ignoring the US extradition demand and allow him to disappear into Lebanon.</p><p>Hamadi remains on the FBI's list of most-wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head for information leading to his arrest. He joins a slew of other Hezbollah operatives that Lebanon refuses to arrest, including two other hijackers from the 1985 operation; four men accused of plotting the 2005 car bomb murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri after being tried in absentia by a UN special tribunal; as well as two suspects in a 2012 suicide bombing against Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian Black Sea resort.</p><p>Lebanon has officially claimed that it lacks information on the suspect's locations, but privately officials concede that the Lebanese government lacks the ability to confront Hezbollah and arrest its members. </p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-doomsday-plane-survive-nuclear-blast-2019-9">Inside the US military's $223 million 'doomsday plane,' capable of surviving a nuclear blast</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/7s5VXCUf-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Mystery surrounds arrest of a man on a cruise ship in Mykonos in investigation of a 1985 TWA hijacking that led to the torture-murder of a US Navy sailor

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b1a826f1ae66246008b4dcc-2400/ap6505250172.jpg" border="0" alt="Muhammad Ali" data-mce-source="AP Photo/John Rooney" data-mce-caption="Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine." /><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/John Rooney</span></p><p class="caption">Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>President Donald Trump said Friday he was considering pardoning the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali.</strong></li><li><strong>He added that he was thinking about pardoning "some others," including people who "have sentences that aren't very fair."</strong></li><li><strong>He said he has a list of 3,000 potential names who are being considered for clemency.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p>President Donald Trump said Friday he was thinking "very seriously" about pardoning the late boxing champion Muhammed Ali, who refused to be inducted into the army during the Vietnam War and whose conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1971.</p><p>"Look, he was not very popular then. Certainly his memory is very popular now. I'm thinking about Muhammed Ali," Trump told reporters on the south lawn of the White House. "I'm thinking about that very seriously."</p><p>Ali's attorney Ron Tweel said in a statement Friday morning that Trump's pardon wasn't needed, due to the Supreme Court's reversal of Ali's conviction.</p><p>"We appreciate President Trump's sentiment, but a pardon is unnecessary," Tweel said. "There is no conviction from which a pardon is needed."</p><p>Trump has ramped up the use of his executive clemency power in recent weeks, granting pardons to the late heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson and the conservative pundit <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pardons-dinesh-dsouza-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dinesh D'Souza</a>, then commuting the sentence of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/alice-johnson-trump-clemency-pardon-kim-kardashian-west-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">63-year-old Alice Johnson</a>, who was serving a life sentence for drug offenses.</p><p>Trump also said he was thinking about granting clemency to "some others," adding that he has a list of 3,000 potential names. Those under consideration include "folks that have sentences that aren't very fair," Trump said.</p><p>It's unclear whom exactly Trump was referring to, but his commutation of 63-year-old Alice Johnson on Wednesday prompted speculation that Trump could commute the sentences of similar offenders convicted of non-violent drug offenses, who were given lengthy prison terms under harsh drug sentencing popularized during the 1980s and 90s.</p><p>"There will be more pardons," Trump said. "I thought Alice yesterday was beautiful. I thought Jack Johnson - which was recommended by Sylvester Stallone and some great boxers - I thought Jack Johnson was a great one."</p><p>Trump has also <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pardon-martha-stewart-rod-blagojevich-commutation-2018-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously floated</a> pardoning Martha Stewart and a commuting the 14-year sentence for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.</p><p>In response to one reporter's question, Trump also confirmed that one name not on his list for potential pardons was O.J. Simpson, the former football star who was released on parole last year after serving nine years in prison.</p><p>"No, I'm not thinking of O.J. Only you could say O.J.," Trump said.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/economist-weighted-voting-could-help-save-us-democracy-2018-5">This top economist has a radical plan to change the way Americans vote</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/tdQolVXA-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Trump says he's thinking 'very seriously' about pardoning Muhammad Ali, whose attorney says would be 'unnecessary'

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b3ba20a39a2871a008b4745-1500/gettyimages-886622226.jpg" border="0" alt="Colin Kaepernick" data-mce-source="Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images" /><p class="source"><span>Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Colin Kaepernick receiving the SI Muhammed Ali Legacy Award from Sports Illustrated.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>The NFL has made a request that could force Colin Kaepernick's collusion case to an early end, according to a report. </strong></li><li><strong>Now, Kaepernick and his team must prove that they have enough material to support the case continuing. </strong></li><li><strong>According to the report, the case is now at its most "pivotal" moment.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p><br />The NFL has taken action to try and bring Colin Kaepernick's collusion case against the league to an early close, and one in its favor, according to a new report from <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-nfl-pushes-ruling-colin-kaepernicks-collusion-case-continue-012710523.html">Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports. </a></p><p>Per Robinson, the league has cited a clause in its collective bargaining agreement to ask for a summary judgment in Kaepernick's collusion case from arbitrator Stephen Burbank, who could, in turn, bring Kaepernick's case to a close. </p><p>Robinson wrote: "<span>If Burbank rules Kaepernick's attorneys have found evidence to move toward a hearing, the case will continue, possibly with additional depositions. If he finds that the current discovery evidence is insufficient to advance, he can dismiss the case in favor of the NFL."</span></p><p><span>According to Robinson, it's up to Kaepernick's team to prove they have enough evidence to keep the case moving forward.</span></p><p><span>This development, according to Robinson, is "the most pivotal moment" in the case so far. </span></p><p>Kaepernick began his case against the league in October 2017, after he went unsigned for the entirety of the 2017 NFL season for protesting systemic racism and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. </p><p>Kaepernick's lawyer <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-owner-admitted-to-changing-mind-on-kaepernick-after-trump-comments-2018-5">claims to have evidence of a team owner admitting to changing his mind on signing Kaepernick due to comments made by President Trump</a>, and it has also been reported that the depositions have <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/colin-kaepernick-collusion-case-nfl-teams-starter-report-2018-5">uncovered evidence that multiple teams viewed Kaepernick as a starting-caliber quarterback</a> when he became a free agent. </p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-american-men-suck-soccer-world-cup-2018-6">Here's why the US Men's team sucks at soccer</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/SaEwZba3-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

The NFL has reportedly made a move that brings Colin Kaepernick's case to its most 'pivotal' moment and could bring it to an end

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Muhammad Ali's daughter went undercover as an inmate in an Indiana jail - this was her scariest moment 

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5752eb7152bcd01b008c7071-2400/ap_929038335019.jpg" alt="muhammed ali 1974" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Horst Faas, Fil" data-mce-caption="This is a Thursday, Sept. 12, 1974 file photo of Muhammad Ali, who is due to fight World Champion Georeg Foreman tells a crowd of boxing fans in N' Sele Zaire, &amp;quotAko bo mai ye,&quot; which translates from Zaire's Lingalla dialect as: &amp;quotI will kill him.&quot; Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee is at left, It was 40 years ago that two men met just before dawn on Oct. 30, 1974, to earn $5 million in the Rumble in the Jungle. In one of boxing's most memorable moments, Muhammad Ali stopped the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the heavyweight title in the impoverished African nation of Zai" /><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Horst Faas, Fil</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>Muhammad Ali, one of the world's greatest boxers, died <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/muhammad-ali-life-support-2016-6" target="_blank">on Friday, June 3</a>, at the age of 74.</p><p><span>Born </span><span>Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Ali started boxing at age 12 - and ultimately </span>became known for much more than just his successful boxing career. </p><p>Ali converted to Islam in 1964, changing his name from Cassius Clay - what he called his "slave name" - to Muhammed Ali after becoming affiliated with the Nation of Islam. His political activism and charity inspired millions throughout his life.</p><p>We've compiled some of his now-iconic words of wisdom and trademark boxing ring rhymes. </p>

22 of Muhammad Ali's greatest quotes of all time

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57525f25910584155c8c6b23-2400/gettyimages-1648643.jpg" alt="Muhammad Ali" data-mce-source="Paula Bronstein/UNICEF/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (C) sits with Afghan students during his visit to Karte Sei High school for Girls November18, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan." /><p class="source"><span>Paula Bronstein/UNICEF/Getty Images</span></p><p class="caption">Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (C) sits with Afghan students during his visit to Karte Sei High school for Girls November18, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ali died on June 3 at the age of 74.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Months before his death, b<span>oxing great and Muslim convert Muhammad Ali <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/muhammad-ali-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-proposal/story?id=39607728">r</a><span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/muhammad-ali-donald-trumps-muslim-ban-proposal/story?id=39607728">eleased a statement</a> entitled </span><span>"Presidential Candidates Proposing to Ban Muslim Immigration to the United States."</span></span></p><p><span><span>Though the statement did not address him by name, it was presumably aimed at Donald Trump, who had <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration/">floated the idea</a> of banning all Muslims from entering the United States in the wake of ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California.</span></span></p><p><span><span><span>"Our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of Islam,</span><span>" Ali wrote, "and clarify that these misguided murderers have perverted people's views on what Islam really is."</span></span></span></p><p><span><span>Ali - who <span>changed his name from Cassius Clay (what he called his "slave name") to Muhammed Ali after becoming affiliated with the Nation of Islam in the 1960's -  wrote that "t<span>rue Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion."</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span>"I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world," Ali said.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p>His statement continued:</p><blockquote><p>We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda. They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.</p><p>Speaking as someone who has never been accused of political correctness, I believe that our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of Islam and clarify that these misguided murderers have perverted people's views on what Islam really is.</p></blockquote><p>Trump - who <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/738950669927886848?refsrc=email&amp;s=11">tweeted shortly</a> after the news of Ali's death broke that Ali was "a <span>truly great champion and a wonderful guy" who "will be missed by all!" - has since </span>walked back his claim that he would ban all Muslims from entering the US, saying it was just a "suggestion."</p><p>Ali, who was encouraged to join the Nation of Islam by the controversial <span>American Muslim minister and human rights activist </span>Malcolm X, was both strongly praised and vehemently criticized for his political and religious beliefs throughout his life.</p><p><span>"He wasn't perfect, of course," US President Barack Obama <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barack-and-michelle-obama-statement-muhammed-ali-death-2016-6">said in a statement</a> released shortly after Ali's death. </span></p><p><span>"For all his magic in the ring, he could be careless with his words, and full of contradictions as his faith evolved. But his wonderful, infectious, even innocent spirit ultimately won him more fans than foes - maybe because in him, we hoped to see something of ourselves."</span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-washington-dc-president-white-house-kalorama-neighborhood-2016-5">Here's the $5.3 million mansion the Obamas will reportedly live in after the White House</a></h3>        <div>            <div>    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script>    <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="9jc3ZxMzE6QOCQ6ydkxJ3LsB84vAV-S-" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>    <script>    if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; }     RunFunctions.push(function()    {         var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', '9jc3ZxMzE6QOCQ6ydkxJ3LsB84vAV-S-',{ autoplay: 'false' });     });    </script>    <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div>        </div>        <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script>    </div>

Here's what Muhammad Ali thought of Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from the US

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54f615676bb3f7900ed23755-912-683/carrie-underwood-calia.png?maxX=600" border="0" alt="carrie underwood calia" width="600"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://instagram.com/p/xxsIpgukn-/?modal=true">@caliabycarrie on Instagram</a></span></p><p class="caption">Carrie Underwood models her new clothing line.</p></img></div><p></p></div>Adidas has been losing market share to competitors like Under Armour and Nike. </p><p>And now, the brand counts country star Carrie Underwood among its competitors. </p><p>Dick's Sporting Goods will remove women's clothing items from Adidas and Reebok to make room for Underwood's Calia line, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/dicks-kicks-adidas-off-shelves-to-make-space-for-idol-ware-1425403031">reports Sara Germano</a> at The Wall Street Journal. </p><p>The Calia line, which includes leggings, sweaters, sports bras, and headbands, will be sold exclusively at Dick's, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/dicks-kicks-adidas-off-shelves-to-make-space-for-idol-ware-1425403031">according to WSJ</a>.</p><p>Dick's move is an attempt to cash in on the "athleisure" trend pioneered by Lululemon of <span>wearing your gym clothes to work and brunch. </span></p><p>Nike and Under Armour are also pushing for more female customers and expanding product lines. </p><p>Adidas executives say <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-adidas-plans-to-be-cool-again-2015-1">they are trying to regain</a> market share by selling cool gear to young athletes. </p><p>Under Armour has surpassed Adidas to become the second biggest sportswear brand in the US by sales, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/under-armour-edges-out-adidas-in-u-s-1409940825">WSJ reported last year.</a></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Under Armour reported sales growth of 20% to $1.2 billion, while Adidas' sales fell 23% to $1.1 billion.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While Adidas has been going after hardcore athletes, Under Armour <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/under-armour-is-expanding-its-empire-2015-2">has signed sports stars</a> like Muhammed Ali and Stephen Curry. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are some photos of the new Calia line:</span></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaagfbmveuiiii9pt0ehh4gib4hibkchbwchbwchbydr+jqaaaachrstlmaba4yhyqsm5jtamwaaadfsurbvdjl7zvbegmhcaqbaf//42xcnbpaqakcm0ftumfaaibe81iqbjds3ls6zs3bipb9wed3yyxfpmhrft8sgyrcp1x8ueuxlmznwelfoycv6mhwwwmzdpekhlhlw7nwjqkhc4uizphavdza2jpzudsbzzinae2s6owh8xpmx8g7zzgkeopuoyhvgz1tbcxmkd3kwnvbu0gkhkx+izilf77iofhry1nyfnb/lqpb79drwoyjva/davg9b/rlb4cc+nqgdz/tvbbbnr6gbreqn/nrmdgaqeej7whonozjf+y2i/fzou/qaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/yVELarOktM/" target="_top">Let your beauty bloom every day, every workout, and everywhere. CALIA by Carrie Underwood, available in March.</a></p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by CALIA by Carrie (@caliabycarrie) on Jan 26, 2015 at 11:37am PST</p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="defer" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaagfbmveuiiii9pt0ehh4gib4hibkchbwchbwchbydr+jqaaaachrstlmaba4yhyqsm5jtamwaaadfsurbvdjl7zvbegmhcaqbaf//42xcnbpaqakcm0ftumfaaibe81iqbjds3ls6zs3bipb9wed3yyxfpmhrft8sgyrcp1x8ueuxlmznwelfoycv6mhwwwmzdpekhlhlw7nwjqkhc4uizphavdza2jpzudsbzzinae2s6owh8xpmx8g7zzgkeopuoyhvgz1tbcxmkd3kwnvbu0gkhkx+izilf77iofhry1nyfnb/lqpb79drwoyjva/davg9b/rlb4cc+nqgdz/tvbbbnr6gbreqn/nrmdgaqeej7whonozjf+y2i/fzou/qaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/xnGmd3OkpT/" target="_top">Go accomplish your resolutions with style and grace. CALIA by Carrie Underwood, available in March.</a></p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A photo posted by CALIA by Carrie (@caliabycarrie) on Jan 8, 2015 at 3:13pm PST</p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="defer" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4"><div style="padding: 8px;"><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaagfbmveuiiii9pt0ehh4gib4hibkchbwchbwchbydr+jqaaaachrstlmaba4yhyqsm5jtamwaaadfsurbvdjl7zvbegmhcaqbaf//42xcnbpaqakcm0ftumfaaibe81iqbjds3ls6zs3bipb9wed3yyxfpmhrft8sgyrcp1x8ueuxlmznwelfoycv6mhwwwmzdpekhlhlw7nwjqkhc4uizphavdza2jpzudsbzzinae2s6owh8xpmx8g7zzgkeopuoyhvgz1tbcxmkd3kwnvbu0gkhkx+izilf77iofhry1nyfnb/lqpb79drwoyjva/davg9b/rlb4cc+nqgdz/tvbbbnr6gbreqn/nrmdgaqeej7whonozjf+y2i/fzou/qaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div></div><p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/wzcK7YOkoQ/" target="_top">Sometimes your strongest weapon is inner strength. 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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/53d2af406bb3f79f4217ada6-1200-924/thinking-17.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="thinking" width="480" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alice313/4776940364/in/photolist-8h84WL-bCLegy-36vDGF-4AVAm5-ytVpp-cwFoGf-5h2KAj-6NS9xY-8346Ns-eMpHEi-GaMXr-8s8Aeh-fiDzZh-6itRpW-uhFny-7VMvxK-88PM4K-5qRrwe-ciQDg9-aeKu3K-fQ7E9z-5YerwC-hWkGjG-atgskP-5Cr9LQ-5Qvitb-aUwPzp-5YFMWT-68NQtY-hWkGgq-9zybW-5seU5K-8UEWUz-5xRjLp-bhvc68-gJka8c-5CsKzT-64gotj-nVLMqw-bkzCZM-RXgZp-dwu4P7-bDxPxR-bPLUcT-iZemA9-739RHg-SfKky-6FuNT5-66FnDz-awmfP">Flickr/alice313</a></span></p></div><p></p></div>When you think of proper hygiene, actions such as brushing your teeth and washing your hands probably come to mind. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">However, these practices only focus on </span><em style="line-height: 1.5em;">physical</em><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> hygiene. They do nothing to take care of our minds. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In his book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Time-Bandit-Solution-Recovering/dp/0989915115/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1406315834&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Time+Bandit+Solution%3A+Recovering+Stolen+Time+You+Never+Knew+You+Had">The Time Bandit Solution: Recovering Stolen Time You Never Knew You Had</a>," Edward G. Brown presents the concept of "mental hygiene," which focuses on caring for your mind the same way you do for your body. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Just as physical hygiene keeps your body in top condition to move and function, taking care of your mental hygiene keeps your mind sharp. Brown designed the concept "for the purpose of increasing sustained behavioral peak performance through concentration." </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">He focuses on strategies for ridding your mind of destructive, negative thoughts and filling it with positive affirmations and self-esteem boosters. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are Brown's six techniques for taking care of your mental hygiene to keep your mind ready to tackle a challenge at any time:</span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">1. Transcend the environment.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">To transcend your environment, you must mentally overcome any physical factors you can't control, such as when the air conditioning goes out at work during a hot summer. Instead of focusing on the fact that you're sweaty and uncomfortable, distract yourself with pleasant or innocuous thoughts, Brown says. It's like the old adage: mind over matter. </span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">2. Cultivate constructive acceptance.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Learn not only to accept the physical things you cannot change, but to accept them </span><em style="line-height: 1.5em;">graciously</em><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, Brown advises. In high school, Brown dreamed of playing center in the NBA, but he was too short to excel at the position. Instead of compromising and playing forward or guard, he gave up on basketball. Years later, Brown realized he should have constructively accepted his handicap and found another way to pursue his NBA dreams instead of dropping them entirely. </span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">3. Visualize the ideal self.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Before taking on any task, from tackling a hefty to-do list to giving a company-wide presentation, visualize yourself coming out successful. If you can picture your ideal outcome of a challenge, you can then inhabit that ideal self as you actually go through the challenge, explains Brown. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It means visualizing yourself successful with all the goals you hope to achieve, despite challenges, conflicts, and adversity,</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> he says. </span></p>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This visualizing technique shouldn't be saved just for big events - it should be part of your everyday mental hygiene routine, Brown adds. </span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">4. Use positive affirmation.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Think of a phrase that gets you motivated - for example, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-talk-to-yourself-more-2014-7" target="_blank">"You can do it"</a> - and repeat it as you tell yourself to think positive thoughts. Although it may feel silly at first, Brown warns, you'll eventually program your subconscious to associate the phrase with an uplifting feeling, motivating you to power through any situation. Brown has conditioned himself so that his phrase triggers an automatic adrenaline rush. </span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">5. Practice psychological counterpunching.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Brown draws this technique from famed boxer Muhammed Ali, who said that, "A good counterpuncher will hit without being hit." To implement this psychologically, Brown suggests using a double dose of positive affirmations. When a negative thought comes to mind, such as "I'll never finish this on time," first block it by saying something like "Yes, I can," and then knock it away with a phrase such as "Just do it." </span></p>
<h3 class="p2"><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">6. Change your internal computer chip.</strong></h3>
<p class="p2"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Like computer memory chips, our minds become programmed to constantly think certain things, Brown says. So in order to change a negative behavior, we must replace it with a positive one. Instead of simply telling yourself to stop doing something, concentrate on the habit you'd like to replace it with and stick with it. "You must do the same thing every time you lose focus so that your new memory chip will allow you to relax," Brown says. </span></p>

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