Michael Wilbon

“Like Jack Johnson and Joe Lewis before him. You lived where we all lived, which was the south side of Chicago, which is why it's not a coincidence the South Side of Chicago produced Carol Mosley Braun and Barack Obama. There's no coincidence.”

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“Yeah, yeah. My father was different than other fathers at the time in that he said it was okay to argue back with him. I get you a beatdown in a lot of households. The 1960s, when I grew up, my dad said, You could argue with him. You could even do it at the dinner table, but your reasoning better be backed up.”

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“Yeah, I mean, I've been running around the country feeling pretty invincible from 21 to 49. I was late, I got married at 39 almost at 49 in January, late January. Our son, Matthew, was two months from being born, two months from being born. And I had a heart attack right here in Scottsdale, right where I am now. Had a heart attack.”

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“Chicago on the south side in Bronzeville. 47th in Langle 29 South Lang Remember my mother's address. And so my father came, he was more like 19. So he came five years later. But they both were seeking this life that millions of people like them sought. Millions. They came to Chicago and stayed there and met there.”

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