article_snippet: The couple were welcomed to the state by the state most famous export, Muhammad Ali, who praised The couple as 'the greatest'.
article_snippet: As you travel back to your homeland, we hope you know how much this city respects and admires the many contributions you have made in the world,' Ali wrote in the message read by Mayor Greg Fischer. '
article_snippet: we think you are the greatest,' Ali signed off.
article_snippet: America think you are the greatest,' Jockey Pat Day signed off. 
article_snippet: Ali, 73, famously nicknamed 'The Greatest,' has been battling Parkinson's disease for years, and in December checked into hospital with a bout of pneumonia.