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George Foreman

I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn’t want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did Mohammad. But Joe Frazier, on the other hand, he had his baby girl boxing in the crib.
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Daughter Hands Himself Niece Protect Respect
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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Aspiration Boxing Sports
We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.
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Goal Myself Patience Reach
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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Appreciation Bad People Situation
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
As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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Entrepreneur Follow Leadership Yourself
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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Capital Nation Politics Thinking
I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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Freedom Money Myself People Sick
As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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Bad Situation Worst Yourself
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
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Blood Goodness Myself Statement Thinking
Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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Advice God Wisdom Yourself
Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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Angry Freedom Head Live Yourself
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
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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Heroes Stand Talk Time
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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Excuse Leaving Yourself
Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
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Camp Happiness Horse Moments Myself Ride Time
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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Integrity Maintain Wrong Yourself
The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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Age Income Myself Question Retirement
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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Allow Best Effort Help Yourself
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Boxing Fight Hit Sports
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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Carry Myself People
They say I don’t fight guys unless they’re on a respirator. That’s incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
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Correct Fight Myself Respiration
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Impossible Leadership People Respect True
That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
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Easy Fight Gift Negative Yourself
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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Call Family Myself Play Player School

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