That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
GEORGE FOREMANTo be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
More George Foreman Quotes
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing – give that to Joe Louis, or somebody – I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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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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Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
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I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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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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Today the biggest decisions I make aren’t related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, or Jack-in-the-Box.
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It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
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My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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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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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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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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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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If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn’t do anything unless you do it right.
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If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
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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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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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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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