I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
GEORGE FOREMANGrowing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
More George Foreman Quotes
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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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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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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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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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Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
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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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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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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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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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I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
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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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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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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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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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