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.
GEORGE FOREMANWhen I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
More George Foreman Quotes
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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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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That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
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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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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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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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
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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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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.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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