It wasn't our fault because things worked out like they did.
3 seconds sound clip from the The Greatest (1977) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:10:00.934 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I knew something was gonna happen! I knew things had to work out!
- I can't believe it. We're gonna finally get Joe Frazier.
- No, not Joe Frazier. Not right off. Not the first fight.
- Yank Durham said we let him down too many times.
- Oh, man, he's got some nerve.
- It wasn't our fault because things worked out like they did.
- But every time we got a state that would allow us to fight in it, somebody stopped it.
- And you can't blame Yank for that.
- He says, go fight somebody else. Prove you can get a license. Then you got Joe.
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