Frases de Muhammad Ali
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Muhammad Ali o Mohamed Ali, nacido Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. fue un boxeador estadounidense, considerado el mejor de todos los tiempos, o uno de los más destacados. Fue una figura social de enorme influencia en su generación, en la política y en las luchas sociales o humanitarias a favor de los afroamericanos y del islam.

En su etapa amateur, logró la medalla de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos de Roma 1960 y, como profesional, ganó el título de campeón indiscutido de la categoría de los pesos pesados en 1964 a la edad de veintidós años, el cual recobraría diez años después. En 1978, consiguió otro cetro de campeón, lo que le convirtió en el primer boxeador en ostentar en tres ocasiones un título mundial en dicha categoría.

Se caracterizó por su estilo de boxeo alejado de la técnica tradicional, aunque era un conocedor del deporte y de sus contrincantes. Fue dirigido la mayor parte de su carrera por el entrenador Angelo Dundee, y sostuvo memorables combates contra los más renombrados pugilistas de su tiempo, como Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier, George Foreman y Ken Norton. Seis de sus peleas han sido consideradas como las mejores del año por la revista The Ring. Vertía tanto opiniones claramente irreverentes sobre sus oponentes, como acertados pronósticos de sus contiendas.

Fuera del cuadrilátero, Muhammad Ali se erigió como una figura con influencia social desde los años 1960 cuando se opuso a su reclutamiento por parte de las fuerzas armadas de su país durante la Guerra de Vietnam. Se declaró objetor de conciencia, pese al rechazo de los defensores del nacionalismo estadounidense. Formó parte de la organización religiosa de la Nación del Islam y, aunque se ganó detractores por su conducta independiente de los estereotipos sobre los afroamericanos, a partir de los años 1970 consiguió el respeto como figura deportiva de renombre mundial, en especial tras su pelea contra George Foreman. En el ocaso de su carrera, empezó a dar muestras de desgaste físico; después de su retiro padeció la enfermedad de Parkinson.

Entre numerosos reconocimientos recibió la Medalla Presidencial de la Libertad; el ingreso al Salón Internacional de la Fama del Boxeo; el título de «Rey del Boxeo» por parte del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo; y «Deportista del Siglo XX» por Sports Illustrated y la BBC, entre otros.

✵ 17. enero 1942 – 3. junio 2016   •   Otros nombres Muhammed Ali
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Frases célebres de Muhammad Ali

“Cuando eres tan grandioso como yo, es difícil ser humilde.”

Fuente: http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1441212-a-los-70-anos-de-muhammad-ali-sus-10-mejores-frases

Frases de hombres de Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali Frases y Citas

“Coches y espejos.”

Respuesta de Ali a la pregunta: "¿Cuáles son sus objetos favoritos?"

“Si ellos pueden hacer penicilina de pan con moho, seguro que puede hacer algo de ti.”

Ali aconsejando a los estudiantes universitarios con problemas.

“¿Y cómo te sientes tú al compartir creencias religiosas con Hitler?”

Respuesta de Ali a la pregunta de un periodista sobre como se sentía al compartir creencias y religión con la gente responsable del atentado del 11-S.

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Muhammad Ali: Frases en inglés

“When Cassius says a mouse can outrun a horse,
Don’t ask how; put your money where your mouse is!
I AM THE GREATEST!”

"I am the Greatest" (1964)
Contexto: I am the man this poem’s about,
I’ll be champ of the world, there isn’t a doubt.
Here I predict Mr. Liston’s dismemberment,
I’ll hit him so hard; he’ll wonder where October and November went.
When I say two, there’s never a third,
Standin against me is completely absurd.
When Cassius says a mouse can outrun a horse,
Don’t ask how; put your money where your mouse is!
I AM THE GREATEST!

“Clay comes out to meet Liston and Liston starts to retreat,
if Liston goes back an inch farther he'll end up in a ringside seat.”

Poem composed prior to his match with Sonny Liston, in 1963, as quoted in "Brash Clay waxed poetic in 1963 visit to Nashville" by Bill Traughber in Nashville's The CIty Paper (4 June 2002)
Variant transcription: Who would have thought, when they came to the fight,
that they'd witness a launchin' of a black satellite.
Contexto: Clay comes out to meet Liston and Liston starts to retreat,
if Liston goes back an inch farther he'll end up in a ringside seat.
Clay swings with his left, Clay swings with his right,
Look at young Cassius carry the fight
Liston keeps backing, but there's not enough room,
It's a matter of time till Clay lowers the boom.
Now Clay lands with a right, what a beautiful swing,
And the punch raises the Bear clean out of the ring.
Liston is still rising and the ref wears a frown,
For he can't start counting till Sonny goes down.
Now Liston is disappearing from view, the crowd is going frantic,
But radar stations have picked him up, somewhere over the Atlantic.
Who would have thought when they came to the fight?
That they'd witness the launching of a human satellite.
Yes the crowd did not dream, when they put up the money,
That they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny.

“I knew I had him in the first round.”

After defeating Sonny Liston for the first time (25 February 1964) as quoted in Sound and Fury : Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship (2007) by Dave Kindred, p. 58
Variant transcription: I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I'm so great I don't have a mark on my face. I shook up the world.
As quoted in "When Clay shook up the world" (24 February 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/3516241.stm
Contexto: I knew I had him in the first round. Almighty God was with me. I want everyone to bear witness, I am the greatest! I'm the greatest thing that ever lived. I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston, and I just turned twenty-two years old. I must be the greatest. I showed the world. I talk to God everyday. I know the real God. I shook up the world, I'm the king of the world. You must listen to me. I am the greatest! I can't be beat!

“If you love God, you can't love only some of his children.”

Muhammad Ali libro The Soul of a Butterfly

Fuente: The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xvii
Contexto: We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn't matter whether you're a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can't love only some of his children.

“The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality.”

As quoted in Redemption Song: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties (1999) by Mike Marqusee<!-- p. 213 -->; also quoted in the International Socialist Review Issue 33 (January–February 2004) http://www.isreview.org/issues/33/muhammadali.shtml
Contexto: Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.

“Over the years my religion has changed and my spirituality has evolved.”

Muhammad Ali libro The Soul of a Butterfly

Fuente: The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xvi
Contexto: Over the years my religion has changed and my spirituality has evolved. Religion and spirituality are very different, but people often confuse the two. Some things cannot be taught, but they can be awakened in the heart. Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.

“Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if just 10 percent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people?”

Muhammad Ali libro The Soul of a Butterfly

Fuente: The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xxiii
Contexto: Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if just 10 percent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people? So many of us enjoy taking part in competitions, why not hold a competition of love instead of one that leads to jealousy and envy? If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other.

“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”

Variante: It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

“It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.”

As quoted in "Ali's Quotes" at BBC Sport : Boxing (17 January 2007)

“I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.”

"Presidential Candidates Proposing to Ban Muslim Immigration to the United States" http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/muhammad-ali-hits-trump-misguided-murderers-sabotaging-islam-n477351 (9 December 2015).
Contexto: I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world... True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion... We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda... They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.

“I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.”

Responding to a press conference question as to whether he was a "card-carrying" member of the Black Muslims, as quoted in The New York Times (27 February 1964) http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4091EF7355D17738DDDAE0A94DA405B848AF1D3; also in Sports Illustrated (9 March 1964).
Contexto: I believe in Allah and in peace. I don't try to move into white neighborhoods. I don't want to marry a white woman. I was baptized when I was twelve, but I didn't know what I was doing. I'm not a Christian anymore. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be... I'm free to be what I want.

“When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.”

Muhammad Ali libro The Soul of a Butterfly

Fuente: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“Religions all have different names, but they all contain the same truths. … I think the people of our religion should be tolerant and understand people believe different things.”

When asked how he felt about the suspects in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks sharing his Islamic faith
As quoted in "Bush: 'Justice Will Be Done'" at CNN (20 September 2001) http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/20/gen.america.under.attack/

“If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!”

Comment prior to the "Rumble in the Jungle" (30 October 1974) as documented in When We Were Kings (1996)

“Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head.”

As quoted at "Ali's Quotes" at BBC Sport : Boxing (17 January 2007) http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6267397.stm

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