Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
GEORGE FOREMANThere’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
More George Foreman Quotes
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These guys from the nation’s capital – now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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I want to keep fighting because it’s the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.
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I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
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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.
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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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I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn’t want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did Mohammad. But Joe Frazier, on the other hand, he had his baby girl boxing in the crib.
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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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No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn’t see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!
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