A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
GEORGE FOREMANMy kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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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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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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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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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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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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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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The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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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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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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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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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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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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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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All I’ve ever tried to tell anyone is that I’m not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I’ve ever been was an American.
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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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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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