I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
GEORGE FOREMANThe Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
More George Foreman Quotes
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I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
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If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
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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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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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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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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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Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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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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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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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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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Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
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