Muhammad Ali frasi celebri
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Citato in L. Cozolino, Il cervello sociale, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano, 2008, p. 48.
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Citato in Marco Pastonesi e Giorgio Terruzzi, Palla lunga e pedalare, Dalai Editore, 1992, p. 83. ISBN 88-8598-826-2
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Da una dichiarazione dell'8 marzo 1971, subito dopo aver perso l'incontro con Frazier; citato in I Campioni leggendari della Boxe, De Agostini.
Muhammad Ali Frasi e Citazioni
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Citato in Charles Shaar Murray, Jimi Hendrix: una chitarra per il secolo (Grosstown Traffic: Jim Hendrix and post-war pop), traduzione di Massimo Cotto, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milano, 1992. ISBN 88-07-07025-1
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Citato in ALI BOMAYE! http://www.festivaletteratura.it/it/2017/eventi/118-ali-bomaye-1332, Festivaletteratura.it, evento n. 118, 9 settembre 2017.
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Dalla pubblicità Adidas; citato in Gianna Marcato (a cura di), Giovani, lingue e dialetti, Unipress, Padova, 2006, p. 422. ISBN 88-8098-223-0
“Muhammad significa degno di lode, e Ali significa altissimo. Clay significa creta, polvere.”
Quando ho riflettuto su questo, ho capito tutto. Ci insegnano ad amare il bianco [white] ed odiare il nero [black]. Il colore nero significa essere tagliato fuori, ostracizzato. Il nero era male. Pensiamo a blackmail [ricatto]. Hanno fatto langel cake [pane degli angeli] bianco e il devil's food cake [torta del diavolo] color cioccolato. Il brutto anatroccolo è nero. E poi c'è la magia nera... Quel che voglio dire è che nero è bello. Nel commercio il nero è meglio del rosso. Pensate al succo di mora: più nera è la mora, più dolce il succo. La terra grassa, fertile, è nera. Il nero non è male. I più grandi giocatori di baseball sono neri. I più grandi giocatori di football americano sono neri. I più grandi pugili sono neri.
Citazioni di Muhammad Alì
Origine: Da un'intervista rilasciata al giornale Selezione Reader's Digest nel settembre 2002, all'inviato speciale Bingham.
Muhammad Ali: Frasi in inglese
Response to Harold Bell, question about his view on friendship in an Interview (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InSFYdFaS3E.
The Soul of a Butterfly, 2004
Variante: All through my life I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer.”
As quoted in "Interview with Muhammad Ali" at SoundVision.com http://soundvision.com/Info/ali/interview.asp
“We can't be brave without fear.”
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.”
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
"Still the Greatest", p. 109
The Soul of a Butterfly (2004)
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.”
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
“I'm retiring because there are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.”
As quoted in Secrets of Power Persuasion for Salespeople (2003) by Roger Dawson , p. 192
Written by copywriter Aimee Lehto for a series of Adidas ads in which this was superimposed over stills of various figures, including Muhammad Ali. Documented by Quote Investigator https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/11/28/impossible-is/.
Misattributed
Poem written after winning the gold medal in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games in Rome, Italy, p. 35
The Soul of a Butterfly (2004)
“This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.”
"I am the Greatest" (1964) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZU_AvPPIQY
Contesto: This is the legend of Cassius Clay,
The most beautiful fighter in the world today.
He talks a great deal, and brags indeed-y,
Of a muscular punch that's incredibly speed-y.
The fistic world was dull and weary,
But with a champ like Liston, things had to be dreary.
Then someone with color and someone with dash,
Brought fight fans a-runnin' with cash.
This brash young boxer is something to see
And the heavyweight championship is his destiny.
“In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.”
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xxiv
Contesto: Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.
In a competition of love we would not be running against one another, but with one another. We would be trying to gain victory for all humanity. If I am a faster runner than you, you may feel bad seeing me pass you in the race, but if you know that we are both racing to make our world better, you will feel good knowing that we are racing toward a common goal, a mutual reward.
In a competition of love we'll all share in the victory, no matter who comes first.
Origine: The Soul of a Butterfly (2004), p. xvi
Contesto: 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.
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.”
Variante: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Origine: Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
“Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wildlife.”
As quoted at "Ali's Quotes" at BBC Sport : Boxing (17 January 2007) http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6267397.stm
Before his fight with Archie Moore (1962), as quoted in "Muhammad Ali was also great for civil rights" by Mark Wiedmer, in Times Free Press (17 January 2012) http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/17/muhammad-ali-also-great-for-civil-rights/?print
About Ernie Terrell before their February 1967 boxing match, - ( YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVZYo2MYmfg
Origine: https://books.google.ca/books?id=6ClZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=I+think+Terrell+will+catch+hell+at+the+sound+of+the+bell&source=bl&ots=2atsVuDXae&sig=ACfU3U0qSka952BOrSsGqAg13ji8vvdxPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK1sa854jvAhWY_J4KHe0xAf0Q6AEwEnoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=I%20think%20Terrell%20will%20catch%20hell%20at%20the%20sound%20of%20the%20bell&f=false Ali: The Official Portrait of "The Greatest" of All Time
“How do you feel about Hitler sharing yours?”
Alleged response by Ali to a reporter who asked how he felt about sharing the Islamic faith with the suspects of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, as debunked at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/rumors/ali.htm.
Misattributed
“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round”
As quoted in "Ali's Quotes" at BBC Sport : Boxing (17 January 2007)
Regarding the Vietnam War and conscription (1967) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeFMyrWlZ68
