When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
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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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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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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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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As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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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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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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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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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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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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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Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
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You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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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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