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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.

George Foreman

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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Bad Situation Worst Yourself
I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you’ve got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.
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Existing Hope Life Match Passion Statement Yourself
I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing – give that to Joe Louis, or somebody – I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Believe Greatness Man Oneself
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
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
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
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
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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Habit Life Negative Positive Success
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
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Death Forget Learning Live 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
If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Best Negative Obsession Ride Weigh Yourself
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Big Decision Myself Relate
As an entrepreneur, don’t follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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Entrepreneur Follow Leadership Yourself
Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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Aspiration Boxing Sports
Don’t let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That’s a price that’s too high to pay.
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God High Opportunity Pay Service
A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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Big Boxing Himself
My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we’re going to have a team and call it Georgetown.
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Call Family Myself Play Player School
The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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Age Death 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!
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Career Hard Movie Myself Wake Up
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Education Growth Myself School
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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Fight Hands Myself Rights
Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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Achievement Excellence Inspirational Yourself
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
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
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
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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Allow Best Effort Help Yourself

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