Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
GEORGE FOREMANMy kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
More George Foreman Quotes
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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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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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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Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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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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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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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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