My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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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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Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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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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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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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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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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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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These guys from the nation’s capital – now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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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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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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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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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’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing – give that to Joe Louis, or somebody – I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.
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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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