<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>muhammad-ali &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
	<link>http://en.wordpress.com/tag/muhammad-ali/</link>
	<description>Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "muhammad-ali"</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:54:30 +0000</pubDate>

	<generator>http://en.wordpress.com/tags/</generator>
	<language>en</language>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Food for the Day 291109]]></title>
<link>http://meipeng.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/food-for-the-day-291109/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>meipeng10</dc:creator>
<guid>http://meipeng.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/food-for-the-day-291109/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you&#8217;re not, pretend you ar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>&#8220;To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you&#8217;re not, pretend you are.&#8221;</p>
<p>- Muhammad Ali</p></blockquote>
<p><!--more--><em>N.B. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" target="_blank">Muhammad Ali</a> (1942 &#8211; ) is a retired American<strong> </strong><a title="Boxing" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing">boxer</a> and three-time <a title="List of heavyweight boxing champions" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavyweight_boxing_champions">World Heavyweight Champion</a>, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time.</em></p>
<p><em><br />
</em></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA["I have wrestled with an alligator"]]></title>
<link>http://tdellis.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/i-have-wrestled-with-an-alligator/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tom D Ellis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tdellis.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/i-have-wrestled-with-an-alligator/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have wrestled with an alligator. That&#8217;s right, I have wrestled with an alligator. I d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;I have wrestled with an alligator. That&#8217;s right, I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick. I&#8217;m so mean I make medicine sick.&#8221;</p>
<p>-The Greatest, Muhammad Ali.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Superman vs. Muhammad Alí]]></title>
<link>http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/superman-vs-muhammad-ali/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soyjesustorrealba</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/superman-vs-muhammad-ali/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Corría el año 1978 y yo era un chiquillo de 10 años de edad. La librería Las Novedades e incluso los]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="banner" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3003174910_591fa7a0ed.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="440" height="110" /></p>
<p>Corría el año 1978 y yo era un chiquillo de 10 años de edad. La librería <strong>Las Novedades</strong> e incluso los quioscos rebosaban de material <strong>DC</strong> y <strong>Marvel</strong> en versiones hispanas. <strong>Editorial Novaro</strong> (México) mandaba para hispanoamérica e incluso España las versiones &#8220;castellanas&#8221; de los cómics gringos y ese año publicaron par de joyas de la Silver Age: &#8220;<strong>Superman vs. Spiderman</strong>&#8221; (recuerdo claramente verla en el stand de la <strong>Librería Washington</strong> pero no la compré pues mi mamá me había autorizado a llevar un sólo comic) y &#8220;<strong>Superman vs. Muhammad Alí</strong>&#8221; (esta no la pelamos mi hermano y yo).</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1040862.jpg"><img title="La portada" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1040862.jpg" alt="Portada" width="450" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La portada de novaro.</p></div>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>31 años después esta revista es considerada una verdadera joya Silver Age y también la pieza cumbre del ilustrador <strong>Neal Adams</strong> (él y <strong>Dick Giordano</strong> se mandaron el grueso del trabajo junto a unos cuantos entintadores y fondistas). Milagrosamente la revista sobrevivió nuestras peleas infantiles y hoy en día aún la conservamos en un respetable buen estado.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p10408651.jpg"><img class=" " title="la ficha técnica o datos editoriales" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p10408651.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">la ficha técnica o datos editoriales</p></div>
<p>La versión <strong>Novaro</strong> es bastante fiel a la edición gringa, con el imperdonable error de que la contra-tapa no se publicó por venderla como espacio publicitario, y en este caso la contraportada era vital pues la magnífica carátula de Adams era una doble página en la que el público que asistía al combate entre <strong>Superman</strong> y <strong>Alí</strong> eran celebridades de la época: <strong>Jimmy Carter</strong> y su esposa, <strong>Lucy Ball</strong>, <strong>Christopher Reeve</strong> (con anteojos), <strong>Sony Bono</strong>, <strong>The Jacksons Five</strong>, <strong>Batman</strong>, <strong>Telly Savalas</strong> y muchos otros más.</p>
<div id="attachment_3997" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamsnealsupealistatcover.jpg"><img class=" " title="Neal Adams entintado de la portada" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamsnealsupealistatcover.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Neal Adams entintado de la portada</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9080/supermanvsaliej0.jpg"><img src="http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9080/supermanvsaliej0.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Arte final doble portada ¡Clickea para tamaño grande!</p></div>
<p>Los originales de esta obra son escasos puesto que <strong>Adams </strong>y <strong>Giordano</strong> los conservaron como patrimonio familiar, algunos pocos se han subastado y fueron los que obtuvieron los entintadores y fondeadores, puesto que es tradición (desde hace algunas décadas para acá, los trabajos más vintage se los quedaron casi todos) en estas editoriales devolver originales a los artistas en proporción a su trabajo en la revista.</p>
<div id="attachment_3999" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/kubert_cover.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3999 " title="kubert portada" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/kubert_cover.gif" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Portada rechazada que presento Joe Kubert... menos mal, ¡apesta!</p></div>
<p>Cabe destacar que la tripa interna está mucho mejor ilustrada que la portada, la diagramación del cómic es realmente innovadora para la época, abundan las doble páginas, las secuencias dinámicas, las ilustraciones rompen maravillosamente las viñetas y si uno lee hoy día la revista no percibe el paso del tiempo a nivel narrativo. El personaje de <strong>Alí</strong> además está magníficamente retratado.</p>
<div id="attachment_4001" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040869.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4001 " title="una muestra de la calidad interna" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040869.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">una muestra de la calidad interna</p></div>
<p>A nivel de argumento la historia es bastante entretenida y los diálogos entre el &#8220;bocazas&#8221; Alí y Superman están bien logrados, no es una obra maestra en cuanto al guión pero logra cautivar.</p>
<div id="attachment_4005" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamssketch1.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4005 " title="boceto de Neal Adams" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamssketch1.png" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Boceto de Neal Adams</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4007" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamsnealsupealipg33.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4007 " title="Entintado de Adams, pág 33" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/adamsnealsupealipg33.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Entintado de Adams, pág 33, de seguro Ze lo hubiera rechazado por la baja calidad del trazo negro 0.o</p></div>
<p>De esta maravillosa historia se han intentado hacer re-impresiones, pero sin éxito alguno, se rumorea en la web que <strong>Muhammad Alí</strong> no  autoriza nuevos tirajes consciente del valor coleccionable de esta rareza, a pesar de que Novaro mandó 40.000 ejemplares hoy día no es fácil hacerse con una de estas revistas, más difícil aún sera la  &#8220;<strong>DC</strong> original version&#8221;.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img title="el mocho que dibujó este cómic" src="http://geekspeak.org/articles/17/neal_adams.jpg" alt="el mocho que dibujó este cómic" width="300" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">el mocho Neal Adams</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4017" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page431.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4017 " title="page43" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page431.gif" alt="comparativa boceto/definitivo pag 43" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">comparativa boceto/definitivo pag 43</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4019" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page581.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4019 " title="page58" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page581.gif" alt="comparativa pag 58" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">comparativa pag 58</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4022" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page72-73.gif"><img title="page72-73" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/page72-73.gif" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">boceto de la última doble página</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4023" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040864.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4023" title="P1040864" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040864.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Última doble página final</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4009" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 450px"><a href="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040860.jpg"><img title="El viejo freak dándose bomba con la revista" src="http://zuplemento.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/p1040860.jpg" alt="" width="440" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">El viejo freak dándose bomba con la revista (autopromoción inmunda)</p></div>
<p>&#8230; en fin, en la web pueden conseguir mucho material adicional, sólo que deseaba compartir este post con ustedes.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[BUMPIN' ON SUNSET]]></title>
<link>http://mouching.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/bumpin-on-sunset/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>El Mouching</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mouching.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/bumpin-on-sunset/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Il fait putain de beau ce matin là à Lewiston, dans le Maine. Mais ce soir c&#8217;est l&#8217;orage]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Il fait putain de beau ce matin là à Lewiston, dans le Maine. Mais ce soir c&#8217;est l&#8217;orage]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[When We Were Kings]]></title>
<link>http://qausain.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/when-we-were-kings/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>qausain</dc:creator>
<guid>http://qausain.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/when-we-were-kings/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[- Believe the hype. This much-praised documentary about one of the most famous boxing matches in his]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-285" title="kings" src="http://freedocfilms.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/kings.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="638" /></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Believe the hype. This much-praised documentary about one of the most famous boxing matches in history deserves every one of its accolades. Blending sports drama and biography with a touch of political analysis, <em>When We Were Kings</em> relates the who, when, where, and most importantly the why of the 1974 <strong>George Foreman/Muhammad Ali</strong> world championship fight in Zaire. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Splicing together old news footage, photos, and contemporary interview clips, director <em>Leon Gast</em> captures the excitement and chaos that led up to the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” and the incredible characters and events surrounding the thrilling bout.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">The documentary explores a gamut of issues that defined the 1970s and impacted the African-American community: the Vietnam War and the draft, the nascent “Black is Beautiful” movement and idealization of Mother Africa, and the brutal reality of post-colonial dictatorships. But it is the charismatic and bombastic <em>Muhammad Ali</em> at the center of it all who steals the show with the sheer force of his inimitable personality. <em>When We Were Kings</em> reminds us why… <strong>(Barnes &#38; Noble)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">RunTime: <strong>84 min</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<h1 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Watch the Full Documentary Now</span></h1>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
<p><a href="http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ4OTI2NDg=.html"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-286" src="http://freedocfilms.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/when-kings.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="288" /></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">-</span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Is it a bird? Is it a plane?]]></title>
<link>http://napalmnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Benedikt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://napalmnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/is-it-a-bird-is-it-a-plane/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No, it&#8217;s Muhammad Ali, the Black Superman Noch im Gefolge zu meiner kleinen Ali-Retrospektive ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">No, it&#8217;s Muhammad Ali, the Black Superman <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Noch im Gefolge zu meiner kleinen Ali-Retrospektive drüben beim <a href="http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><em>Auto-Anthropophagen</em></a> fand ich ein nettes Stück von Johnny Wakelin: <em>Muhammad Ali &#8211; Black Superman</em></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eqMk-AuTDZE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eqMk-AuTDZE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[NSFW November: Pia Reyes, Miss November 1988]]></title>
<link>http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/nsfw-november-pia-reyes-miss-november-1988/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>E.</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/nsfw-november-pia-reyes-miss-november-1988/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The lovely and talented Pia Reyes, Miss November 1988, was the first Filipino model to appear in Pla]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The lovely and talented Pia Reyes, Miss November 1988, was the first Filipino model to appear in <I>Playboy</I>. </p>
<p><A HREF="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/centerfold-pm198811a1-01-lrg.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" sRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/centerfold-pm198811a1-01-lrg.jpg"></A></p>
<p><B><Blockquote>&#8220;I am an ethnic jumble,&#8221; says Pia Reyes. &#8230; &#8220;My parents had their Filipino friends &#8212; my Mom was always cooking this smelly fish &#8212; but I grew up like a white suburban kid. I played lacrosse, basketball and tennis.  (&#8220;Thrilla from Manila,&#8221; <I>Playboy</I>, November 1988)</B></p></blockquote>
<p><A HREF="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-02-lrg.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" sRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-02-lrg.jpg"></A><br />
They called her article, &#8220;Thrilla From Manila,&#8221; but actually she grew up in Havertown, Pennsylvania.  In case you don&#8217;t get the title (which makes you absolutely no son of mine), it is a reference to the <A HREf="http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=graham_tim&#38;id=2174061" target="blank">third and final fight</A> between heavyweight boxers Cassius &#8220;Muhammad Ali&#8221; Clay and Joe Frazier for the title of Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, which took place in the Philippines on October 2, 1975.  </p>
<p><A HREf="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-03-lrg.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" sRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-03-lrg.jpg"></A></p>
<p>The fight finally brought to a conclusion a bitter rivalry that had been going since 1971, that for my money is one of the best stories in the history of sports (where is its movie, Hollywood???).  This one&#8217;s got it all, guys: draft-dodging, personal jealousies, the backdrop of major historical events, the freaking <I>President</I> getting involved, even.  And through it all, two very different but very contentious personalities, Frazier and Ali, duking it out verbally and physically, in the press and in pre-fights.  In the Thrilla in Manila, they went <I>fourteen grueling, brutal rounds</I>, both fighting to the point of almost total physical exhaustion before boxing official Eddie Futch declared Ali the victor (he said at the time it was to spare Frazier&#8217;s life, although really either could have gone).</p>
<p><A HREF="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-28-lrg.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" SRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-28-lrg.jpg"></A></p>
<p><B><Blockquote>Frazier protested stopping the fight, shouting &#8220;I want him boss,&#8221; and trying to get Futch to change his mind. <BR><br />
Futch simply replied, &#8220;It&#8217;s all over. No one will forget what you did here today&#8221;, and signaled to the referee to end the bout. Ali was therefore declared the victor. <BR><br />
He would later claim that this was the closest to dying he had ever been, and also stated, &#8220;Joe Frazier, I&#8217;ll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I&#8217;m gonna tell ya, that&#8217;s one helluva man, and God bless him.&#8221; <BR><br />
In a brief post-fight interview with one of the commentators, Ali announced, &#8220;He is the greatest fighter of all times, next to me.&#8221; (the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrilla_in_Manila#The_Fight" target="blank">wiki</A>)</b></p></blockquote>
<p><A HREf="http://www.edicionesglenat.es/comicsario/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pia-reyes1.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" sRC="http://www.edicionesglenat.es/comicsario/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pia-reyes1.jpg"></A></p>
<p>Do you even understand how major all of that is?  Boxing is not as violent as you think, and it&#8217;s not always just big fat guys hugging (I always say, &#8220;Get a room or start punching&#8221;), not when you have two men in the ring as skilled as Frazier and the Greatest.  Though you seldom see it at the heavyweight level, you see it more often with middle and welter (not bantam as much cause they&#8217;re so quick it&#8217;s like the cockfight from which their category&#8217;s name comes), it&#8217;s a graceful and carefully plotted series of moves, like a bloody ballet, it&#8217;s like &#8230; like art.  It&#8217;s a dance.  And you have these two combatants who are so equally matched that they are like hell-soul-mates, <I>made</I> to fight each other.  That&#8217;s just, it&#8217;s just &#8212; like&#8230; god&#8230;  oh, man, I honestly get misty just thinking about that event.  That is some great motherfucking sports right there. I wish I had been born to see it firsthand, but I&#8217;ve watched clips of it on ESPN classic.  (Boy, I miss having that) <I>Le sigh</I>.  </p>
<p><A HREF="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/daily_double_20060901-b.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" sRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/daily_double_20060901-b.jpg"></A>\</p>
<p>As an epilogue, this story gets even <B>better</b>, in my opinion, because dig this: In June of 2001, guess who met for a grudge match on the Thrilla in Manila fight?  Their freaking <I>daughters</I>.  The fight was re-enacted, sort of, in New York by Laila &#8220;She Bee Stingin&#8217;&#8221; Ali and Jackie &#8220;Sister Smoke&#8221; Frazier-Lyde in what the press called Ali/Frazier IV.  Laila, sixteen years younger than Jackie and with a little more training under her belt, took it in eight.  But I love that both of them went for it!  What a great story.</p>
<p><A HREf="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-a-lrg.jpg"><IMG WIDTH="450" SRC="http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1988-11-a-lrg.jpg"></A></p>
<p>Finally, dig the Jessica Rabbit cover!  God bless ya, <I>Roger Rabbit</I> and all of 1988.  And to Pia Reyes, about whom this entry is not even at all remotely concerned, sorry.  It&#8217;s not your fault that I think boxing is more interesting than whatever your little turn-ons and ambitions were.  I feel kind of badly now.  How about this?  I will try to make it up to you another day, I swar to gar.  You will get more attention from me later.  Unless I forget.  </p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[50 anni fa cominciava la storia di Muhammad Ali]]></title>
<link>http://alessandracardinale.com/2009/11/23/50-anni-fa-cominciava-la-storia-di-muhammad-ali/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alessandracardinale</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alessandracardinale.com/2009/11/23/50-anni-fa-cominciava-la-storia-di-muhammad-ali/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Obama nel suo ufficio di senatore. Dietro la foto in cui Ali urla a Liston &quot;Alzati e combatti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Obama nel suo ufficio di senatore. Dietro la foto in cui Ali urla a Liston &quot;Alzati e combatti]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[It's impossible to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. inside the ring!]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/its-impossible-to-beat-floyd-mayweather-jr-inside-the-ring/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/its-impossible-to-beat-floyd-mayweather-jr-inside-the-ring/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Michael R. Cumberbatch &#8211; If you did not get an opportunity to catch the Floyd Mayweather Jr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Michael R. Cumberbatch &#8211; If you did not get an opportunity to catch the Floyd Mayweather Jr]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Francisco Rodriguez the boxer no longer with us.]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/francisco-rodriguez-the-boxer-no-longer-with-us/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/francisco-rodriguez-the-boxer-no-longer-with-us/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[R.I.P. &#8211; Francisco Rodriguez FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ PASSES AWAY FROM HEAD INJ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[R.I.P. &#8211; Francisco Rodriguez FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ PASSES AWAY FROM HEAD INJ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao to fight Paul "The Punisher" Williams Next at 145lbs?]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/manny-pac-man-pacquiao-to-fight-paul-the-punisher-williams-next-at-145lbs/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/manny-pac-man-pacquiao-to-fight-paul-the-punisher-williams-next-at-145lbs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[by James Slater, photo by Peter Mark Heintzelman &#8212; Ahead of his fighter Paul &#8220;The Punish]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[by James Slater, photo by Peter Mark Heintzelman &#8212; Ahead of his fighter Paul &#8220;The Punish]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Manny Pacquiao Vs. Shane Mosley in the making.]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/manny-pacquiao-vs-shane-mosley-in-the-making/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/manny-pacquiao-vs-shane-mosley-in-the-making/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[by James Slater &#8211; There&#8217;s no doubt about it, the next man we want to see the superb Mann]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[by James Slater &#8211; There&#8217;s no doubt about it, the next man we want to see the superb Mann]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Andre the Giant]]></title>
<link>http://safesideoftheropes.com/2009/11/22/andre-the-giant/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andrew Harrison</dc:creator>
<guid>http://safesideoftheropes.com/2009/11/22/andre-the-giant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wow. Andre Ward breathed life into Showtime’s Super Six tournament last night, putting on a paint jo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wow. Andre Ward breathed life into Showtime’s Super Six tournament last night, putting on a paint jo]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Art of Athletics Evident in "Sport: Iooss and Leifer"]]></title>
<link>http://hilaryscurlock.com/2009/11/21/art-of-athletics-evident-in-sport-iooss-and-leifer/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hilaryscurlock</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hilaryscurlock.com/2009/11/21/art-of-athletics-evident-in-sport-iooss-and-leifer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[      Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, 1965. (Photo: Neil Leifer) &#8220;There is only one whack at th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div><em> </em></div>
<div><em> </em></div>
<div><em> </em></div>
<div><em></em></div>
<p><em></p>
<div id="attachment_69" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://hilaryscurlock.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/alivsliston1965.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-69 " title="AlivsListon1965" src="http://hilaryscurlock.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/alivsliston1965.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, 1965. (Photo: Neil Leifer)</p></div>
<p>&#8220;There is only one whack at the home run to win the game, and you have to be right the first time.&#8221;  </p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p></em></p>
<div>    It is one thing to simply witness that home run, but a sports photographer&#8217;s job is to capture that moment for posterity. <a href="http://www.walteriooss.com/">Walter Iooss</a> and <a href="http://216.117.181.169/">Neil Leifer</a> not only captured many of those moments, they have done so with an artful grace rarely seen in sports photography.   </div>
<div>    The above quotation comes from a film feature that accompanies the new exhibition Sport: Iooss and Leifer, which opened this past weekend at the <a href="http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/">Annenberg Space for Photography</a>.  The exhibition showcases the work of these two preeminent sports photographers, whose portfolios include most of the iconic sports moments and figures from the 1960s until today.</div>
<div>    The two have very different styles, but the joint exhibition works better than separate solo shows:  each man&#8217;s images plays off the nuances of the other to reveal an artistic strength to their photography not truly appreciated on the pages of Sports Illustrated.  <!--more--></div>
<div>    Leifer&#8217;s photographs tend to go for the &#8220;moment,&#8221; recreating the feeling of witnessing history and knowing that moment will never happen again.  In a shot from the 1973 Kentucky Derby, Leifer&#8217;s camera is practically on the track, seemingly seconds from being trampled by the lone Secretariat, barreling down the final stretch to his record-setting win. </div>
<div>     He covered many sports since his start in 1961 at the age of 17, but Leifer&#8217;s shots of Muhammad Ali&#8217;s decisive victories are his masterpieces.  &#8221;Without getting into the sports argument about whether he was the greatest athlete of all time, he was the greatest subject of all time,&#8221; Leifer explained about photographing his favorite subject, &#8220;he transcended boxing.&#8221;</div>
<div>    Leifer&#8217;s best-known photo of Ali captured the heavyweight champion immediately after his knock-out of Sonny Liston.  With the camera at ring level, Leifer perfect captured the moment immediately after Liston fell, with Ali taunting him, mouth wide open and staring down his opponent.  The photographer throws his own jab:  the image shows a line of defeated photographers on the opposite side of the ring, looking as if they had just been knocked out too, knowing that Leifer got the shot they wanted. </div>
<div>    Iooss (pronounced &#8220;yose&#8221;) also captured many of the same moments and icons, including Ali, but his style is more cerebral.  </div>
<div>    His photographs depict sport&#8217;s impact on the athletes, evoking through eyes and body language their emotions&#8211;motivation, confidence, or even defeat. Even when photographing superstar names like Michael Jordan and Brett Favre, his portraits seem to bring the athletes down to a human level.  </div>
<div>    As such, Iooss&#8217; body of work demonstrates the universality of sport: the athletic intensity coursing through the veins of our idols is the same seen in the eyes of children playing stickball in Cuba.  Iooss is also known for a series of photo collages, combining his photographs with political and social messages to reflect sports&#8217; impact on humanity.    </div>
<div>    For example, the exhibition features a 1999 photo collage from one of Iooss&#8217; images of Cuban children, a shot of a shirtless boy playing stickball, poised to hit a ball of tape as his friends look on.  Around the print, Iooss plastered political newspaper headlines, such as &#8220;It&#8217;s going to rain money in Cuba&#8221; and &#8220;These events could not have taken place without the complicity of the U.S.&#8221;   Juxtaposed with the distressing reminders of Cuba&#8217;s political state is the look of hope on the face of the batter, as if he is going to follow the ball he hits all the way to the major leagues.   </div>
<div>    Accompanying the 80 prints in the exhibition is a digital slideshow that plays in the gallery&#8217;s central film space, which is not to be missed.  The slideshow features images not printed in the exhibition and interviews with Iooss, Leifer, as well as many prominent athletes, that reveal many remarkable anecdotes about the craft behind the photography.   </div>
<div>    Even if you can&#8217;t name the subjects of the photographs without reading the labels or you have long forgotten the historic moments captured, you will get chills from the feeling of struggle and triumph that exudes from Iooss&#8217; and Leifer&#8217;s photographs.  Sports fan or not, the exhibition is not to be missed.</div>
<div><em>&#8220;Sport:  Iooss and Leifer&#8221; runs through March 7, 2010 at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, CA.  For more information, visit their website at </em><a href="http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.com" target="_blank"><em>www.annenbergspaceforphotography.com</em></a><em>.</em></div>
<div><em> </em></div>
<div><em>(This review was published on <a href="http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/11/sports-photography.html" target="_blank">Neon  Tommy </a>on 11/18/09)</em></div>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ali boma ye!]]></title>
<link>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/ali-boma-ye/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Benedikt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/ali-boma-ye/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zum Abschluß unserer &#8220;Muhammad-Ali-Woche&#8221; noch ein besonderes Zuckerl, Ausschnitte aus d]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zum Abschluß unserer &#8220;Muhammad-Ali-Woche&#8221; noch ein besonderes Zuckerl, Ausschnitte aus d]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[This machine kills fascists ...]]></title>
<link>http://napalmnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/this-machine-kills-fascists/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Benedikt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://napalmnews.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/this-machine-kills-fascists/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Da ich heute meine Ali-Anekdote erzählt und dabei auch Woody Guthrie erwähnt habe, einen der Songs, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Da ich heute meine Ali-Anekdote erzählt und dabei auch Woody Guthrie erwähnt habe, einen der Songs, die Ali und wir Kids damals zusammen sangen:  &#8220;This land is your land&#8221;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/XaI5IRuS2aE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/XaI5IRuS2aE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Der Kampf des Jahrhunderts (6)]]></title>
<link>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/der-kampf-des-jahrhunderts-6/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Benedikt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/der-kampf-des-jahrhunderts-6/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Die 15. und letzte Runde und &#8220;Smokin&#8217; Joe&#8221; sucht nun die Entscheidung, da er sich ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Die 15. und letzte Runde und &#8220;Smokin&#8217; Joe&#8221; sucht nun die Entscheidung, da er sich ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[ALI-ISM #2]]></title>
<link>http://alisbasement.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ali-ism-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alisbasement</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alisbasement.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/ali-ism-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Friendship&#8230; is not something you learn in school. But if you haven&#8217;t learned the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone" title="AM2" src="http://abritishman.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/howard-cosell-and-muhammad-ali-at-the-coverage-of-the-1972-munich-olympics.jpg?w=464&#038;h=342" alt="" width="464" height="342" /></p>
<p>&#8220;Friendship&#8230; is not something you learn in school. But if you haven&#8217;t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven&#8217;t learned anything.&#8221; <strong>Muhammad Ali</strong></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Thought of the day: Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams 1966]]></title>
<link>http://bashbrosreality.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/thought-of-the-day-muhammad-ali-vs-cleveland-williams-1966/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>the Wiseguy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bashbrosreality.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/thought-of-the-day-muhammad-ali-vs-cleveland-williams-1966/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/oD99VbFzqAg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/oD99VbFzqAg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Pac Man's Retires]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/pac-mans-retires/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/pac-mans-retires/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[    Manny Paquiao &nbsp; Paul Strauss &#8211; Apparently Manny&#8217;s mother, like all loving mothe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[    Manny Paquiao &nbsp; Paul Strauss &#8211; Apparently Manny&#8217;s mother, like all loving mothe]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Der Kampf des Jahrhunderts (5)]]></title>
<link>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/der-kampf-des-jahrhunderts-5/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Frank Benedikt</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hanniballektor.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/der-kampf-des-jahrhunderts-5/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Der Kampf sollte seinem hochtrabenden Namen alle Ehre machen, denn beide Boxer schenkten sich nichts]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Der Kampf sollte seinem hochtrabenden Namen alle Ehre machen, denn beide Boxer schenkten sich nichts]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[...I'm so mean I make medicine sick!..]]></title>
<link>http://wordsareweapons.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/im-so-mean-i-make-medicine-sick/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Common Sense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wordsareweapons.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/im-so-mean-i-make-medicine-sick/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[[quote] Muhammad Ali: It is befitting that I leave the game just like I came in, beating a big bad m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/msIAsy38TYY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/msIAsy38TYY&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>[quote]</p>
<p><strong>Muhammad Ali:</strong> It is befitting that I leave the game just like I came in, beating a big bad monster who knocks out everybody and no one can whup him. So when little Cassius Clay from Louisville, Kentucky, came up to stop Sonny Liston. The man who annihilated Floyd Patterson twice. HE WAS GONNA KILL ME! But he hit harder than George. His reach is longer than George&#8217;s. He&#8217;s a better boxer than George. And I&#8217;m better now than I was when you saw that 22-years old undeveloped kid running from Sonny Liston. I&#8217;m experienced now, professional. Jaws been broke, been knocked down a couple of times, I&#8217;m bad! Been chopping trees. I done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator. That&#8217;s right. I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. That&#8217;s bad! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick! I&#8217;m so mean I make medicine sick!<br />
<strong>Don King:</strong> Bad dude!<br />
<strong>Muhammad Ali:</strong> Bad, fast! Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch and was in the bed before the room was dark.[/quote]</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Schade, dass es solch legendäre Pressekonferenzen in den heutigen durchgestylten und angepassten Zeiten nicht mehr gibt. Love Ali!</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Kareem, by Warhol]]></title>
<link>http://noregardforhumanlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/kareem-by-warhol/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pau Kozdi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://noregardforhumanlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/kareem-by-warhol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has a short piece up in their Arts section on a show featuring a collection of Po]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The New York Times has a short piece up in their Arts section on a show featuring <a href="http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/jock-art-andy-warhol-polaroids/">a collection of Polaroid portraits of star athletes by Andy Warhol</a>.  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (whom our thoughts are with) is there, as is a slightly-crazed looking Muhammed Ali and a Samson-haired Wayne Gretzky.  Oh, and O.J.  Remember when he was just another famous athlete?  It seems insane now to mention him in the same context as Kareem and Gretzky, but that&#8217;s how big he was at the time.  Wish I could go see this in person.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Big Problems for Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]></title>
<link>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/big-problems-for-floyd-mayweather-jr/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>miltonluban</dc:creator>
<guid>http://miltonluban.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/big-problems-for-floyd-mayweather-jr/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Who’s next for Mayweather?     &quot;Pound for Pound&quot; Best in Boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Who’s next for Mayweather?     &quot;Pound for Pound&quot; Best in Boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr. ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Quiénes tienen éxito]]></title>
<link>http://guadalupemarquez.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/los-que-tiene-exito/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Guadalupe Marquez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guadalupemarquez.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/los-que-tiene-exito/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La voluntad es lo que hace a un campeón Hace tiempo escuché una frase sumamente atinada sobre la dif]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_48" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://guadalupemarquez.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/voluntad-muhammad_ali2.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-48" title="Voluntad-Muhammad_Ali" src="http://guadalupemarquez.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/voluntad-muhammad_ali2.jpg?w=300" alt="Qué se necesita para ser campeón" width="300" height="213" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">La voluntad es lo que hace a un campeón</p></div>
<p>Hace tiempo escuché una frase sumamente atinada sobre la diferencia entre la suerte y el éxito, dice: “El éxito no es otra cosa más que un gran esfuerzo y un arduo trabajo disfrazados de <em>suerte.</em>”</p>
<p>Sin lugar a dudas, el que algunos triunfen y muchos no lo consigan, depende de algo más que sólo <em>suerte</em>; en mi opinión, más bien se debe a la determinación que ciertas personas tienen para alcanzar sus metas. Es esa voluntad inquebrantable que sirve para vencer cualquier obstáculo, o para superar cualquier temor.</p>
<p>Es ese deseo sublimado que impulsa al triunfador a intentar una y otra, y otra vez, hasta que  alcanza su objetivo porque como bien lo expresó Soichiro Honda, fundador de Honda Motors Co., “El éxito está compuesto por 99% de equivocaciones y fracasos.”</p>
<p>Por experiencia propia, sé que no es fácil conservar una actitud alegre y optimista en medio de crisis personales, dificultades económicas o si se está luchando para vencer alguna enfermedad, sin embargo, es en estos momentos en los que tenemos que decidir si queremos tomar las riendas de nuestra vida para llevarla por el camino del éxito o si nos rendimos y simplemente vemos cómo se nos van las oportunidades de ser mejores personas, de materializar nuestros sueños, y de hacer que lleguen a nosotros la abundancia material y la riqueza espiritual.</p>
<p>Estoy convencida que para Desarrollar Negocios Exitosos, además de elaborar un buen plan de negocios, prepararte, capacitarte, valorar las alternativas que tienes y atreverte a actuar, primero tienes que invertir mucho tiempo en elevar tu autoestima, tienes que creer con todo tu corazón en tu(s) proyecto(s) y tienes que empecinarte en alcanzar tus objetivos. En otras palabras, si en verdad quieres ser éxitos@ lo primero que debes cultivar es tu voluntad y debes ser perseverante, luego debes aprender a tener paciencia y tienes que estar muy alerta para aprovechar las oportunidades&#8230; ah y por favor,¡diviértete mucho!  y no te olvides de agradecer todos los días que estás viv@, ni de compartir tus logros con tus seres queridos porque si no lo haces, entonces ¿para qué lo haces?</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
