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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.

George Foreman

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
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Affair Fight Hurt Love People Recovery
Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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Advice God Wisdom 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.
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Excitement Man Time Yourself
Filling a need is not merely good business; it’s a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.
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Attitude Basic Business Goodness Need Yourself
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
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
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
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
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
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Day Enjoyment Greatness Memories Past
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 referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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Fight Important Person Referee
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
If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
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Champion Eyes Mom Proud Yourself
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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Appreciation Bad People Situation
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
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
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Death Forget Learning Live Yourself
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn’t do anything unless you do it right.
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Right Step Worth Yourself
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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Learning Sales Starve Yourself
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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Fight Hands Myself Rights
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Impossible Leadership People Respect True
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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Children Confidence Dreams Yourself
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Herself Hurt Mom Watch
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
As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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Bad Situation Worst Yourself
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
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

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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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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