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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.

George Foreman

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
Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
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Camp Happiness Horse Moments Myself Ride Time
I 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.
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Daughter Hands Himself Niece Protect Respect
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
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
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Decision Learning Responsibility Win
As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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Home Myself Reading
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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Afford Funny Ourselves Poor Poverty
I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
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Experience Give Up Yourself
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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Children Forgiveness Friendship Love Oneself
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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Capital Nation Politics Thinking
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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Champion Defeat Internal Myself Revenue
As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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Bad Situation Worst Yourself
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
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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Big Decision Myself Relate
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.
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Correct Fight Myself Respiration
The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Age Death Time
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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Eat Fight Myself Planet
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.
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Children Grocery Hungry Myself Story
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Impossible Leadership People Respect True
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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Excuse Leaving Yourself
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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Best Negative Obsession Ride Weigh Yourself
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Herself Hurt Mom Watch
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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Fight Hands Myself Rights
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.
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Easy Fear Goodness Lost Myself Nervous Time
Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Life Reading Road Yourself

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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