Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
GEORGE FOREMANThey 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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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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.
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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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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Today the biggest decisions I make aren’t related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy’s, or Jack-in-the-Box.
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Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
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