When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.
I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.
I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.
Fighting George Foreman is like being in the street with an 18-wheeler coming at you.
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 to use my left.
The boxing game has been good, so we need to give back. We have to teach young men how to be men.
I don't want nothing comin' at me that I can't stop.
If I said 'Fall down', he's gonna fall down. I'm still his father.
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.
There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And you don't have too many instruments up there workin'.
I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs.
I hated Ali. God might not like me talking that way, but its in my heart.
The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.
