Happy 70th to Muhammad Ali
ANDERSON: This is CONNECT THE WORLD live from London. I'm Becky Anderson. Welcome back. Now, Muhammad Ali may no longer float like a butterfly or sting like a bee, but on his 70th birthday, he's still an icon. (</s>BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM OCTOBER 30, 1974)  MUHAMMAD ALI, BOXER: I told you, all of my critics, I told you all that I the greatest of all time.</s>ANDERSON: And he said it more than once. The boxing legend is still "The Greatest" in the eyes of his fans and his career -- he was -- was quite remarkable. He won a gold medal and boxing's heavyweight title. He also became a hero and a villain to many Americans for converting to Islam and then refusing to fight in the Vietnam War. That decision cost him three years out of the ring during his prime, between 1967 and 1970, after he was convicted of refusing induction to the armed forces. Well, he is definitely on anyone's short list of the most famous athletes ever. Pedro Pinto here to discuss. And that remarkable stuff, remarkable stuff when you consider what has been through. What a remarkable man. And he's made it to 70.</s>PEDRO PINTO, CNN "WORLD SPORT" ANCHOR: You're right. And especially if you consider that, unfortunately, has been afflicted by the...</s>ANDERSON: Sure.</s>PINTO: -- the Parkinson's Disease. He -- he's still holding up well. He celebrated his 70th birthday with family and friends in Louisville, where he was born. And when you talk about family, he -- he has quite a bit of it, Becky. When I was researching his life, I found he was married four times. He's got nine children.</s>ANDERSON: Wow!</s>PINTO: So no doubt, he was not by himself on such an important day as today. And it's great to see a man who means so much to so many people, not only as a sportsman, but as an icon. And -- and in the -- in the fight for civil rights in the United States during the '60s and '70s, he was really kind of a beacon of light for -- for a lot of people.</s>ANDERSON: Yes. Here and</s>PINTO: Yes.</s>ANDERSON: Remind us of some of the classics.</s>PINTO: He had -- I think he was one of the few first sports personalities that made the headlines for what he said as much for what he did.</s>ANDERSON: Right.</s>PINTO: We've got three quotes that we picked out and Muhammad Ali really showed that he could catch the attention with -- with a -- no coincidence that he was called the Louisville Lip. "There's not a man alive who can whoop me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty." This is Muhammad Ali. And it -- he's not done yet with this particular line. "I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked." More from -- from him. And you men -- you touched upon this famous quote earlier, "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see." And he was really known as being one of the fastest men in the world of boxing.</s>ANDERSON: Right, he was.</s>PINTO: And finally: "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am."</s>ANDERSON: You think he was...</s>PINTO: So there you go. No -- no -- no shortage of...</s>ANDERSON: His lack of modesty...</s>PINTO: -- self-confidence, yes?</s>ANDERSON: Muhammad Ali is, of course, 70 today. And we wish him the absolute best. On to the tennis. Of course, it's the Australian Open. What's going on?</s>PINTO: Yes. Day three will start in -- in just a -- a couple of hours time Down Under. But day two was not a particularly good occasion for the home fans, the Australians. They saw their brightest hope to end a 31-year title drought at Melbourne Park come to an end as Sam Stosur, the reigning U.S. Open champion, was knocked out in straight sets, as well, by Sorana Cirstea from -- from Romania. She's really struggled to do well in front of the home fans. She's admitted that she -- she struggles with the -- with the pressure. She's never made it past the fourth round at the Australian Open. And this was really the big first upset of the 2012 edition of -- of this tournament.</s>ANDERSON: Well, for those who, obviously, are watching tonight and feeling a bit sore about that, we've got some surfing video, the likes of which...</s>PINTO: Yes.</s>ANDERSON: -- apparently...</s>PINTO: It's -- it's not...</s>ANDERSON: Australians will love -- and the rest of us, of course.</s>PINTO: Exactly. It's not from Australia, but as you're right, you're right, Aussies love -- love the sport. We've got some incredible pictures from Tahiti. And if you've ever been on a surfboard, you -- you may not want to repeat what this gentleman is doing here. This has been shot by a cinematographer in super slo-mo. And beautiful pictures. But incredibly dangerous. The French Navy actually made it a double code red because the -- the conditions were so dangerous out -- out at sea. They said anyone who -- who would be dumb enough, I guess, in their -- in their opinion, to try to surf these waves...</s>PINTO: -- would be arrested. But that -- that really didn't stop...</s>ANDERSON: Yes.</s>PINTO: -- a couple of the surfers who went...</s>ANDERSON: How do they...</s>PINTO: -- out there.</s>ANDERSON: -- how do they film that? Do you have any idea? I just saw somebody</s>PINTO: It is. And I think it's...</s>ANDERSON:  PINTO: -- it's what you call putting your body on the line. And I'm glad he did it, because incredible pictures.</s>ANDERSON: Ooh.</s>PINTO: I wouldn't want to think what it's like being under that wave when it crashes. I mean I've never been a great surfer. I'm from Portugal. I was more into body board, which was the easiest kind of discipline of -- of that kind of sea sports but...</s>ANDERSON: Sure.</s>PINTO: -- I -- I was kind of shaken around in...</s>ANDERSON: OK.</s>PINTO: -- in the sea, as well, and can't compare it to what happened to that...</s>ANDERSON: All right.</s>PINTO: -- guy right there.</s>ANDERSON: Thank you.</s>PINTO: Yes.</s>ANDERSON: Pedro we'll be back, of course, in an hour with "WORLD SPORT". More on Muhammad Ali, of course, and the Australian Open in that show about an hour from now. Do join us for that. Still to come on CONNECT THE WORLD this hour, it could be a lot harder to find answers on the Internet tomorrow. We're going to see why the popular Web site, Wikipedia, will soon go to black. Then, tracing the chocolate chain to put an end to forced child labor. Find out which company says it knows where all of its cocoa comes from.