Three years ago, the Muhammad Ali Center, with the help of former Mayor of Louisville Greg Fischer, launched the hashtag get the Champ a stamp.

And that was a campaign.

Well, yesterday that campaign paid off when the U.S.

Postal Service unveiled the Muhammad Ali Forever stamp and Ali's hometown of Louisville.

On behalf of the U.S.

Postal Service.

It's an honor to join you today as we dedicate a forever stamp in honor of the champ, Ahmed Ali.

Today, we honor a man who was the world heavyweight boxing champ who reshaped sports, fought for his beliefs and became a symbol of courage, decency and love.

As Ali said, service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

And he lived those words every day.

Today, as we dedicate this stamp, we remember a man who dared to be bold, stood on principle and used his fame to improve humanity.

This moment is an invitation to all of us.

An invitation to pause and to ask ourselves before every word we utter.

What stamp am I making on this world?

What do my words leave behind?

Muhammad spent his life showing up and showing us that true greatness is not measured by who we knocked down, but who we lift up.

We all have this power.

Muhammad Ali was never just a fighter.

He was a force for compassion, a voice for dignity.

A Louisville kid who became a citizen of the world.

From our streets to every corner of the globe.

His courage still travels.

His love still delivers.

And his legacy like this stamp sticks with this.

Always.

Now the mayor will keep moving and stamps will keep changing.

But what about what Muhammad Ali shows us with his forever stamp?

Is that courage has no expiration date.

Compassion outlasts the moment.

And when you stand for what is right, your actions echo through time.

This stamp will travel millions of miles.

It will pass through countless hands, but it will quietly remind the world of a man who dared to believe that kindness could be powerful.

And that being in service to others could be heroic.

But the greatest tribute we can offer Muhammad is not to admire him.

It is to follow his example.

To make our own mark, our own stamp on the world.

The Postal Service printed 22 million Muhammad Ali stamps.