Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But what would he have been without me? Joe Frazier More Quotes by Joe Frazier More Quotes From Joe Frazier Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion. Joe Frazier championboxingboys The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men. Joe Frazier boxinggamesmen Ali kept calling me ugly, but I never thought of myself as being any uglier than him, I have 11 babies, somebody thought I was cute. Joe Frazier callingcutebaby His mouth made him feel like he was gonna win. Not his hands, I had my hand. He had his lips. Joe Frazier winningsportshands I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth. Joe Frazier visionhelping-othersdream You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black Joe Frazier left-handedblackboxing I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but its in my heart. Joe Frazier heartmighttalking I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men. Joe Frazier south-carolinacouplemen When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win. Joe Frazier brothermotivationalsports Joe Frazier's life didn't start with Ali. I was a Golden Gloves champ. Gold medal in Tokyo '64. Heavyweight champion of the world long before I fought Ali in the Garden. Joe Frazier championgardenlong I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs. Joe Frazier guyjobspeople I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down. Joe Frazier together-againcuttingkids Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you. Joe Frazier streetsboxingfighting There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And you don't have too many instruments up there workin'. Joe Frazier strongerrocksmen Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Joe Frazier known The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself. Joe Frazier fightingmenway When I was a boy, I used to pull a big cross saw with my dad. He'd use his right hand, so I'd have to use my left. Joe Frazier dadboyshands If I said 'Fall down', he's gonna fall down. I'm still his father. Joe Frazier boxingfatherfall My family's support and the negative environment of the day toward blacks in South Carolina became the forces that led me out of the South - first to New York, then to Philadelphia, where I found opportunity in the form of a PAL gym and my trainer, Yank Durham. Joe Frazier daymefamilyopportunity Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts. Joe Frazier thoughtsmetrustgod
