A true original. He turned cocky, trash-talking, showmanship into an art form. No one has ever done "superstar" quite like him. Able to talk with supreme confidence without seeming to take himself too seriously. A sports performer without peer in and out of his athletic domain. Imagine LeBron saying "I am the greatest" and being loved (eventually) for it. He knew at 22 how to capture the attention of the world, play to the camera, promote an event, and simultaneously psych out an opponent -- PT Barnum, Babe Ruth, Mandela, Clark Gable, and Sigmund Freud rolled into one. Brilliant.