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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

George Foreman

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Integrity Maintain Wrong Yourself
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Blood Goodness Myself Statement Thinking
I’m working for the Lord, and even though the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is.
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God Myself Program Retirement Work
These guys from the nation’s capital – now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Capital Nation Politics Thinking
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.
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Country Greatness Himself People Prison Time
The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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Age Income Myself Question Retirement
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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Heroes Stand Talk Time
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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Champion Defeat Internal Myself Revenue
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
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Effort Failure Fear Mistake People Try
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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Easy Fight Gift Negative Yourself
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
There ain’t nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It’s more exciting than looking down a cliff.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Excitement Man Time Yourself
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Herself Hurt Mom Watch
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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College Day Myself Problem Sleep Thinking
Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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Disappointment Evil Lodge
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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Aspiration Boxing Sports
All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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Dog Germany Myself
My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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Children Hard Home Life Oneself Phone
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Achievement Excellence Inspirational Yourself
People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Affair Fight Hurt Love People Recovery
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Habit Life Negative Positive Success
Don’t let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That’s a price that’s too high to pay.
GEORGE FOREMAN

God High Opportunity Pay Service
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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Career Hard Movie Myself Wake Up
I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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Freedom Money Myself People Sick
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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Learning Sales Starve Yourself
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match

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