You got 3 things going against you: you're good, you're left-handed, and you're black

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.

When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I am out there to win.

If I lose, I'll walk away and never feel bad because I did all I could. There was nothing more to do.

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've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an oak tree. I'd wrap my hands with a necktie of my daddy's and punch at it. My mom gave me an hour a day. My brothers and sisters said, "Nah." I said, "You'll see."