There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
GEORGE FOREMANThat’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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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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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Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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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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The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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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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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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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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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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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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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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There ain’t nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It’s more exciting than looking down a cliff.
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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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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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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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I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I’d be a college graduate today.
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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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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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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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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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