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.
GEORGE FOREMANMy 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.
GEORGE FOREMANIf you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
GEORGE FOREMANThere 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.
GEORGE FOREMANI didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
GEORGE FOREMANNobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
GEORGE FOREMANI know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
GEORGE FOREMANWhen I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
GEORGE FOREMANI’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
GEORGE FOREMANMy mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
GEORGE FOREMANI think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
GEORGE FOREMANNo 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!
GEORGE FOREMANToday 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.
GEORGE FOREMANAs a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.
GEORGE FOREMANAs an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
GEORGE FOREMANIt embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.
GEORGE FOREMANIf you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
GEORGE FOREMAN