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George Foreman

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
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
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Effort Failure Fear Mistake People Try
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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Right Step Worth Yourself
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
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Herself Hurt Mom Watch
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
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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Easy Fear Goodness Lost Myself Nervous Time
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
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Boxing Fight Hit Sports
As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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Home Myself Reading
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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Appreciation Bad People Situation
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Life Reading Road Yourself
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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Fight Hands Myself Rights
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
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Decision Learning Responsibility Win
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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Learning Sales Starve Yourself
There ain’t nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It’s more exciting than looking down a cliff.
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Excitement Man Time Yourself
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Education Growth Myself School
Don’t let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That’s a price that’s too high to pay.
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God High Opportunity Pay Service
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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Fight Important Person Referee
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
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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Afford Funny Ourselves Poor Poverty
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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Build Embarrassment Feet Hurt Myself Shoes Thinking
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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Aspiration Boxing Sports
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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Adventure Morning Myself
I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you’ve got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.
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Existing Hope Life Match Passion Statement Yourself

If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.

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