Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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!
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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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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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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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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In 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.
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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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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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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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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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