Joe Frazier Quotes

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.

I don't get why people look at me the way they do. They doubted me the first time I became a world champion. Then, I fought Sadam Ali, who was a boogeyman in the division at the time, and won my second title and they were still doubting me.

I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.

I know, if I am playing well, I can be as good as anyone, and I want to show people who write you off and forget about you.

I am used to people underestimating me.

I wish I were as tough and strong as the women that I'm lucky enough to portray.

Guys want to make a name for themselves, they look at my age and think they will run over me. It's not like that, though. I'm tougher than that.

I've been an underdog my whole life with the shape that I have and the way that I look. But once I get in the ring it's a whole different ball game.

People looking down, looking down, don't think a guy like my stature can be an All-Star. And every night I try to step out there and prove them otherwise.

I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.

All my life, people have been underestimating me.

I believe, in my prime, I could have fought with anybody alive.

Going in, I knew I wasn't one of the top ones, because I didn't even make the pre-season All-American team. That shows you what people thought of me right there, so I knew I had to go to work.

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States.

I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.

I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.

My definition of courage is never letting anyone define you.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

I've always had a loud mouth, and for that I've gotten a lot of attention. I did falter in some big competitions in my career, but being counted out and not being seen as a threat is something I'm used to.

There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it.

If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it.

Even in the past, going out to Germany to fight for the world title I was the underdog, was getting no praise and I went in there very confident I would win and that's what happened.

Little kids who get picked on and bullied can relate to the Lucha Dragons, who are smaller, but they're quick and exciting and never give up.

It was just bred in me that I would not back down to guys who were bigger than me.