Usain Bolt and Muhammad Ali have left unquestionable legacies in their respective athletic disciplines.
But the Jamaican sprinter pointed out there is one key difference in terms of how the pair will be forever remembered.
Bolt is an eight-time Olympic champion and still holds the world record in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay events.
Not only that, the 38-year-old is the only man to have won the Olympic 100m and 200m events at three straight Games, accomplishing the feat in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Outside of the Olympics, Bolt has 11 gold medals from the World Championships and is a six-time World Athlete of the Year.
For context, the next closest males in terms of most World Athlete of the Year titles is Armand Duplantis and Hicham El Guerrouj who have won it three times each.
It is these exploits over nearly a decade of sprinting brilliance that makes Bold widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time.
As for Ali, he became a household name thanks to his scintillating performances in the ring.
Ali finished his boxing career with a professional record of 56 wins and five losses, 37 of those victories coming via knockout.
Having been the undisputed heavyweight champion from 1974 to 1978, Ali is considered to be the best boxer to have ever graced the division and one of the greatest to have ever stepped between the ropes.
However, Ali achieved significant fame for what he did outside of the squared circle.
He refused to be drafted into the United States military for the Vietnam War, pointing to his religious belief and anti-war stance as the reasons why.
As a result of his actions, Ali was stripped of his boxing titles and found guilty of draft evasion but had his conviction overturned by the Supreme Court in 1971.
Having put his career on hold during his peak athletic years due to his anti-war stance, Ali became a high-profile figure for those who also opposed the war as well as the civil rights movement.
In 2016, Bolt was asked about Ali’s legacy, where it was outlined the boxing great will be remembered for his sporting and political accomplishments.
But when it comes to politics, it is not an arena Bolt was to get involved in.
“No,” Bolt said.
“Never have been, never will be. Politics is tricky, especially in Jamaica.
“There are two parties, JLP [Jamaica Labour Party] and PNP [People’s National Party], and if I went for one, I would upset supporters of the other.
“I stay as far from politics as I can.”
Since his retirement from athletics in 2017, Bolt dipped his toes into the world of football.
At age 32, he began training with Australian side Central Coast Mariners and scored on debut in a friendly against a local team.
But he departed the Mariners in November 2018 after training with the club for eight weeks before slamming the door on his football career two months later.