Мохаммед Али: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 5)
Мохаммед Али было американский боксёр. Цитаты на английском языке.“When it comes to love, compassion, and other feelings of the heart, I am rich.”
Источник: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
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/
As quoted in "Muhammad Ali Defends His Religion" by Lisa L. Colangelo and Clem Richardson in New York Daily News (21 September 2001), p. 34
“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
Press conference, March 9, 1971, following his defeat by Joe Frazier, quoted in The Intercept, June 6, 2016 https://theintercept.com/2016/06/06/in-1971-muhammad-ali-helped-undermine-the-fbis-illegal-spying-on-americans/
“My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.”
This is actually from Ali's autobiography "The Greatest". However, this was said by Don King to George Foreman.
Misattributed
“That's the only way you gonna save this sucker. He's doomed.”
Comment prior to the "Rumble in the Jungle" about George Foreman prior to the fight, when referee Clayton warned Ali that if he didn't stop talking he would stop the fight. (30 October 1974)
interview with Michael Parkinson (1974), quoted in Adam Lusher, " 'The white man is the devil' – what the Nation of Islam taught Muhammad Ali https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/muhammad-ali-nation-of-islam-michael-parkinson-interview-who-were-elijah-muhammad-a7066301.html", _The Independent_ (June 5, 2016)
Response to George Plimpton, question at the end of an interview: "What would you like people to think about you when you've gone?" - Interview (video) http://youtube.com/watch?v=ebu0OBa1pus
"The Silent Warrior", dedicated to Joe Frazier and his family, p. 112
The Soul of a Butterfly (2004)
“If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.”
As quoted in "Muhammad Ali" by George Plimpton in "The TIME 100" in TIME (14 June 1999) http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/ali01.html
“Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.”
Comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round (July 1971)
"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).