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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.

George Foreman

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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Afford Funny Ourselves Poor Poverty
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.
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Children Grocery Hungry Myself Story
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match
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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Country Greatness Himself People Prison Time
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Herself Hurt Mom Watch
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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God Myself Program Retirement Work
Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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Achievement Excellence Inspirational Yourself
Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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Disappointment Evil Lodge
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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College Day Myself Problem Sleep Thinking
It 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.
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Build Embarrassment Feet Hurt Myself Shoes Thinking
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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Integrity Maintain Wrong Yourself
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Education Growth Myself School
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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Adventure Morning Myself
If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
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Champion Eyes Mom Proud Yourself
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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Big Decision Myself Relate
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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Career Hard Movie Myself Wake Up

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