Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
GEORGE FOREMANA Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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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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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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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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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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I’m working for the Lord, and even though the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is.
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Today the biggest decisions I make aren’t related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, or Jack-in-the-Box.
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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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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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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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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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I’ve seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
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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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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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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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There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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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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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 always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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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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