I want to keep fighting because it’s the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.
GEORGE FOREMANBoxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
More George Foreman Quotes
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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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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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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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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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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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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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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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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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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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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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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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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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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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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.
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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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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