Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
Joseph William "Joe" Frazier, nicknamed Smokin' Joe, was an American professional boxer, Olympic gold medalist and undisputed world heavyweight champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981. Frazier was known for his sheer strength, durability, punch power and all-out relentless attack...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth12 January 1944
CountryUnited States of America
mind body sound
A sound body keeps a sound mind.
dream helping-others vision
I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.
want i-can
I don't want nothing comin' at me that I can't stop.
known
Work is the only meanin' I've ever known.
fighting men way
The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.
fighting boxing streets
Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.
champion bright-lights made
Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.
song work men
Work is the only meanin' I've ever known. Like the man in the song says, I just gotta keep on keepin' on.
sports winning thinking
There's one thing I don't ever think about: losing ... Instead, I think about how I'm going to win, and how I can do it the quickest way.
became blacks carolina environment family forces form found gym led opportunity pal south toward
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.
ali beat came difficult garden licence meeting nixon president walked washington white
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.
ali beat wrong
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.'
kinda left scratched steel
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.
good work
When you work for me, you don't say good things about Ali.