Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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 Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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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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People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
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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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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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Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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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 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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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.
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