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.
GEORGE FOREMANThe referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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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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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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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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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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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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