People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
GEORGE FOREMANMy 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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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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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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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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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There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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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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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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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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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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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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As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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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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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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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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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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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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