American - Athlete | January 12, 1944 - November 7, 2011
I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.
Joe Frazier
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Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
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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.
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I don't want to be no more than what I am.
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Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.
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Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.
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I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.
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Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
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I was never, ever once angry in the ring.
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Twenty years I've been fighting Ali, and I still want to take him apart piece by piece and send him back to Jesus.
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I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.
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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.
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