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“I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.”
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“Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“Something of calumny always sticks.”
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“But I really resist categories – that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art – those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.”
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“One can fool life for a long time, but in the end it always makes us what we were intended to be.”
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“There are 3 kinds of magic in our world. The peddling little magician magic like Uncle Andrew in 'The Magicians Newphew' where people mess around with things they don't understand. It's movie magic. Then there is the magic of the evil side of things. The demonic forces. And that's not really magic... it's corruption of what really exists. And then finally there is the magic of the Holy Spirit of God which is the creation and maintenence of the universe. We don't understand it... and we haven't the faintest idea how He does it. But it's real. That's the deep magic.”
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“Simplicity and complexity need each other.”
Source : John Maeda (2006). “The Laws of Simplicity”, p.45, MIT Press
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“Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status.”
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“I run to be known as the greatest runner, the greatest of all time. I could not eat or sleep for a week after I lost in the (1992) Olympics. I have to win or die.”
Source : "An Exclusive Club". Interview with Gary Smith, www.si.com. June 27, 1994.
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“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.”
Source : "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.
