this is charles dixon, a life-long louisvillian. muhammad ali returning to louisville to be buried, what does that mean to folks who call louisville home? >> that's extremely significant. muhammad meant so much to not only louisvillians, but everyone across the world, across the country. to have the ceremonies here in louisville, it's a tremendous honor, and it's another reminder of how much he thought about his hometown. >> charles dixon, thank you so much. despite the fact that he spent the last 20 years out in arizona with his wife, everyone i've talked to for the past few days, beside themselves that the champ is coming home. >> craig melvin in louisville, thanks for that, appreciate it. >>> for more now on the storied life of muhammad ali, i'm joined by famed boxing trainer and ringside analyst on espn, teddy atlas. teddy, you know, one of the things in memorializing ali and thinking about him, the different parts of his life. people of my generation, he was this almost kind of secular, saint-like figure, who was battling parki