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.
GEORGE FOREMANIn 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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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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.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
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I’m working for the Lord, and even though the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is.
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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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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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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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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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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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