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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

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Disappointment Evil Lodge
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Appreciation Bad People Situation
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

College Day Myself Problem Sleep Thinking
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Allow Best Effort Help Yourself
I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Carry Myself People
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
If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Champion Eyes Mom Proud Yourself
As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Home Myself Reading
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
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 FOREMAN

Afford Funny Ourselves Poor Poverty
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Day Enjoyment Greatness Memories Past
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Eat Fight Myself Planet
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Correct Fight Myself Respiration
I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Freedom Money Myself People Sick
A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Big Boxing Himself
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Change Choice Discover Hard Nature Yourself
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Herself Hurt Mom Watch
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Heroes Stand Talk Time
People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Affair Fight Hurt Love People Recovery
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Aspiration Boxing Sports
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Impossible Leadership People Respect True
If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Death Dreams Yourself
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Excuse Leaving 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
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Education Growth Myself School
The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Age Income Myself Question Retirement
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match

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