I may not have been a fan of boxing, and I surely wouldn't have thought i will write a piece about something related, well, yeah i am not, however, I am putting this down in honor of a true legend, Muhammad Ali, the man that taught me resilience.

Watching from the screen in our sitting room, i would often see a man who got knocked down repeatedly, yet he never gave up. At a very young age, i realized it was not just over, being on the ground. Before i learned from Ali, I would always thing it's best for a man knocked down to stay on the ground, but now, I realized even the ground is not enough to stop a motivated man, this was my first life's lesson, from Ali.

In honor of him, I'll be listing 5 things about Muhammad Ali you probably never knew about...

1. Ali Changed His Name More Than Once

According to his biographer, Davis Miller, 

"The legend is known that when a young Kentucky-born Cassius Clay joined the Nation of Islam his name was immediately changed to the now iconic Muhammad Ali," Miller says. "But few know that his first name change was to Cassius X.

"It was February 26, 1964 -- the morning after he knocked out Sonny Liston. But nearly two weeks later, on March 6, he announced that religious and political leader Elijah Muhammad (who led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975) had given him the new name of Muhammad Ali."

2. He Is A Sufi

"Ali announced that he is a Sufi around 2005, saying that of all of the sects of Islam, he feels the closest connection to Sufism," says Miller, whose book "Approaching Ali" was released in late 2015. "Sufism is arguably the most peaceful sect of any major or minor religion. Sufis believe that to purposely harm any person is to harm all of humanity, to harm each of us and to damage the world.

"It is the perfect fit for Ali, who had been living in the ways that Sufis do for decades before he'd heard of the religion. "Few people have heard about the profound ways Ali's faith has evolved over the years. He has been a world soul for many decades; he has grown from separatist to universalist."

3. He Fought While Injured

"Ali had only six weeks to prepare for this contest," Miller says. "In training, his boyhood friend and former heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis badly fractured one of Ali's ribs.

"Even with this injury, Ali did not reschedule the fight, being entirely uncertain that if he did, he would ever get the chance to fight again."

4.  Parkinson's disease has taught him new ways to communicate

"The art of the gesture is quite important to him," Miller says of Ali, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1984 at the age of 42. "He communicates with his hands and fingers, his facial features, his eyes.

"He surprises visitors by making a sound with his thumb and index finger that's not unlike a cricket in your ear. He blows on the top of heads, tickles the inside of palms when he shakes hands, teasing almost everyone who visits him.

"Though he can walk, Ali is often seen sitting in a wheelchair or positioned in an easy chair. He is no longer the world's most vocal and irrepressibly animated person."

5.  He's an amateur magician

"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."

Famous for his pre-fight proto rap rhymes, Ali had some other dazzling tricks. "Until recently, throughout his years with Parkinson's disease, Ali surprised visitors by performing prestidigitations (sleight of hand tricks)," Miller says.

"He made a red silk scarf disappear from his hand, he bit coins in half and made them whole again, and he often performed an old parlor trick -- by putting his feet together and rising up on the toes of one foot while keeping his other foot flexed, he could appear to float above the ground."

Source: http://www.vocalwalls.com/honor-muhammad-ali-worlds-greatest/

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rip

RIP..

May he rest in peace.

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Legend

RIP legend





but that Parkinson disease no be here oooh,very terrible disease.

Rest in peace.. Ali dodo Muhammad

Muhammed Ali was really a spotting icon, and fought for black people!

It's a pity he died as a moslem.
As we all know that Mohammed himself said he does not know what will happen to
both he himself "mohammed" & his followers, hence they won't make heaven.

Sura 46:9
"I am not something original among the messengers, NOR DO I KNOW WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH ME OR WITH YOU(MUSLIMS)."

If he had died as a Christian he would have the promise of salvation that moahmmed did not have nor his following muslims


Mark 16:16 (KJV)
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.


Jesus went to heaven in the view of people, unlike mohammed that is dead and buried

Act 1
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven

a man of integrity

RIP Legend. You are an inspiration to many of us!

This guy thread don do already

There are other nice thread that ought to be on FP

Legend!

Ali kumbaya Ali kumbaya Ali kumbaya.



Men awesome legends.



Legends are born they are made.

You taught me that it is okay to brag as long as you back it up! RIP Greatest

Rip

nice observation
meanwhile, see what Yorubas did to him when he visited their village.

Me l be dey tnk say Na Daura man before

May his soul find eternal rest, and May the Lord comfort and sustain the living.

RIP





Remaining somebody here in Nigeria with ear disease to come join you very soon






I didn't call anybody's name so beware of quoting me wrongly if you don't want to have ear disease overnight.

Good

I talk am. We no go hear word from lalasticlala this coming week.

RIP

Every soul has its appointed time to return to its creator. May Allah accept Muhammad Ali among His righteous servants, overlook his shortcomings and grant him Jannah!

H

R.I.P ALI...From one Legend to another

Nice one! Its just a pity that we know about these guys only after their demise.

Veni vidi vici. .. Tribute to a legend.. one boxer who brought entertainment to boxing. ..







I know very soon a movie will be rolled out on his memoirs. ..

wow

The greatest

No 6: Na man him be !