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 FOREMANI 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 FOREMANI think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
GEORGE FOREMANToday 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 FOREMANWhen I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
GEORGE FOREMANHeroes 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.
GEORGE FOREMANBoxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
GEORGE FOREMANNo 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!
GEORGE FOREMANBeing angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
GEORGE FOREMANGrowing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
GEORGE FOREMANEverybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
GEORGE FOREMANI am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
GEORGE FOREMANI look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
GEORGE FOREMANI always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
GEORGE FOREMANAs a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I’d get locked in a grocery store.
GEORGE FOREMANThese guys from the nation’s capital – now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
GEORGE FOREMANI 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.
GEORGE FOREMAN