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Ali always said I would be nothing without him. But what would he have been without me?

~Joe Frazier

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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.

~Joe Frazier

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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.

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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.

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Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.

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Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.

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I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but it's in my heart.

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It was all about the ring. That's where you got your brains shook and the money took.

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I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

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Ali even told me in the ring, 'You can't beat me - I'm your Lord.' I just told him, 'Lord, you're in the wrong place tonight.'

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: January 12th, 1944

Died: November 7th, 2011

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