The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Joe Frazier
- Life doesn’t run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
- Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.
- It was all about the ring. That’s where you got your brains shook and the money took.
- 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’.
- My mom allowed me to take an old burlap bag and fill it with moss, corn stalks and rocks, then hang it from a tree and spend an hour a day punching my heavy bag.
- I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Joe Frazier was an American professional boxer and one of the greatest heavyweight champions in boxing history. Born on January 12, 1944, in Beaufort, South Carolina, Frazier rose from humble beginnings to become a symbol of toughness and determination.
Known as “Smokin’ Joe,” he was famous for his relentless pressure, powerful left hook, and exceptional endurance. Frazier won the heavyweight title in 1970 by defeating Jimmy Ellis and cemented his legacy with his historic rivalry against Muhammad Ali. Their first bout, the “Fight of the Century” in 1971, ended with Frazier handing Ali his first professional loss.
He later reclaimed the title in 1973 by knocking out George Foreman, though Foreman defeated him in a rematch. Despite later health struggles, Frazier’s impact on boxing remains profound, and he is remembered as a true champion and warrior of the sport.
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