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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.

George Foreman

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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Build Embarrassment Feet Hurt Myself Shoes Thinking
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Impossible Leadership People Respect True
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
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
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
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
We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.
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Goal Myself Patience Reach
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
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
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Education Growth Myself School
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
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Change Choice Discover Hard Nature Yourself
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
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
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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Goodness Herself Match Nervous
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Boxing Fight Hit Sports

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