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We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.

George Foreman

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Fight Important Person Referee
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Easy Fight Gift Negative Yourself
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Country Greatness Himself People Prison Time
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!
GEORGE FOREMAN

Career Hard Movie Myself Wake Up
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Herself Hurt Mom Watch
All I’ve ever tried to tell anyone is that I’m not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I’ve ever been was an American.
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Black Man Myself Try
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Build Embarrassment Feet Hurt Myself Shoes Thinking
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Decision Learning Responsibility Win
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Appreciation Bad People Situation
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Aspiration Boxing Sports
A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Burn God Stop Yourself
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Attitude Basic Business Goodness Need Yourself
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Easy Fear Goodness Lost Myself Nervous Time
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Impossible Leadership People Respect True
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Boxing Fight Hit Sports
The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Age Income Myself Question Retirement

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