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.

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• Joe Frazier:

  There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than you

• Joe Frazier:

  The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.

• Joe Frazier:

  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

• Joe Frazier:

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

• Joe Frazier:

  I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and

• Joe Frazier:

  Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.

• Joe Frazier:

  My left eye went when I was young. I was working the speed bag, and some steel went in the eye and

• Joe Frazier:

  I went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I wa

• Joe Frazier:

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

• Joe Frazier:

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