Most kids would've given up after a lot less, but Ali is an exception to most rules. He's special, he has a heart of steel.
Ali was at almost every practice we had. So when he wasn't there that night we thought it was strange. Later, when Matt called to let us know what happened, our hearts just sank.
When you have that kind of injury, you have to change your whole style of wrestling. You have to learn how to defend a weakness you've never had before. But the harder it got, Ali just kept working harder.