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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

George Foreman

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you’ve got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.
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Existing Hope Life Match Passion Statement Yourself
My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we’re going to have a team and call it Georgetown.
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Call Family Myself Play Player School
I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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Carry Myself People
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match
My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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Children Hard Home Life Oneself Phone
They say I don’t fight guys unless they’re on a respirator. That’s incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
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Correct Fight Myself Respiration
I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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Boxing Myself Shadow
I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Children Heart Myself Proud
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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Children Forgiveness Friendship Love Oneself
As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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Home Myself Reading
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
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Blood Goodness Myself Statement Thinking
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
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Country Greatness Himself People Prison Time
All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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Dog Germany Myself
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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Learning Sales Starve Yourself
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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Excuse Leaving Yourself
I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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Freedom Money Myself People Sick
If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
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Death Dreams Yourself
I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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Fight Match Myself Time Win
The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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Age Income Myself Question Retirement
Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
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Camp Happiness Horse Moments Myself Ride Time
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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Goodness Herself Match Nervous
When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
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Afford Funny Ourselves Poor Poverty
Filling a need is not merely good business; it’s a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.
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Attitude Basic Business Goodness Need Yourself
The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Age Death Time
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
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Decision Learning Responsibility Win
In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn’t have any fear. I thought, “This is easy. This is what I’ve been waiting for”. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
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Easy Fear Goodness Lost Myself Nervous Time
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.
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Children Grocery Hungry Myself Story

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