Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights. Joe Frazier More Quotes by Joe Frazier More Quotes From Joe Frazier I went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I was heavyweight champion of the world. So I came to Washington and walked around the garden with Nixon, his wife and daughter. I said: I want you to give Ali his licence back. I want to beat him up for you. Joe Frazier you wife daughter world Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But what would he have been without me? Joe Frazier nothing me always said Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do. Joe Frazier true go you man My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag. Joe Frazier day me mom tree I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and water for coloured folks. White lines, black lines. I came from Beaufort in South Carolina, and it was tougher than Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Joe Frazier destiny black white water Twenty years I've been fighting Ali, and I still want to take him apart piece by piece and send him back to Jesus. Joe Frazier back fighting want years This is just another man, another fight, another payday. Joe Frazier fight just man another I was never, ever once angry in the ring. Joe Frazier once ring never angry Fightin' George Foreman is like being in the street with an eighteen-wheeler comin' at you. Joe Frazier street being like you When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win. Joe Frazier go win pity brother My left eye went when I was young. I was working the speed bag, and some steel went in the eye and scratched it to pieces. I was kinda blind in that eye. Joe Frazier bag speed blind eye