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

George Foreman

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
My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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Herself Hurt Mom Watch
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
As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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Home Myself Reading
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
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
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
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
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
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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Appreciation Bad People Situation
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
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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Change Heroes Right
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
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 always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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Carry Myself People
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
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
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
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can’t go wrong.
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Integrity Maintain Wrong Yourself
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
People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
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Affair Fight Hurt Love People Recovery
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
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
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
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
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

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