If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
GEORGE FOREMANI 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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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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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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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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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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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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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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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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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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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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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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