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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Rev. Al Sharpton: Muhammad Ali's death may cause athletes to reevaluate their priorities [Watch (HLS stream): Rev. Al Sharpton: Muhammad Ali's death may cause athletes to reevaluate their priorities](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/RLRYN1fz.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2016-06-06. Reverend Al Sharpton explains why he hopes Muhammad Ali's death alters how athletes and celebrities use their platform._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:13 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Rev. Al Sharpton: Muhammad Ali redefined how we gage success](/video/ekksnz2f/) ### Rev. 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I remember Down through the years I would be with Ali certain places, on certain causes he would support me on, certain events. And he would literally if he had an hour time at a hotel he didn't want to sit in the hotel and watch television or talk. He lets go out among the people. He knew he's going to be mobbed. You have celebrities today that build walls to protect them from their fans. Ali, his security would be crazy because they say we can't get him to stop going toward his people, toward his fans, toward the people that love him. And I think this whole Values of now, we respect those that are more distant from us, that don't express concern about our everyday life. I think that , if anything, in our memory of Ali, we ought to have this discussion about whether we need to get back to really dealing With people that come from the ground up rather than the top down. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Rev. 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