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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.

George Foreman

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 FOREMAN

Daughter Hands Himself Niece Protect Respect
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
GEORGE FOREMAN

Learning Sales Starve 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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Black Man Myself Try
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Believe Greatness Man Oneself
We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Goal Myself Patience Reach
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Build Embarrassment Feet Hurt Myself Shoes Thinking
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Decision Learning Responsibility Win
I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Freedom Money Myself People Sick
The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Age Death Time
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Boxing Fight Hit Sports
I want to keep fighting because it’s the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Eat Fight Myself Planet
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Appreciation Bad People Situation
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.
GEORGE FOREMAN

College Day Myself Problem Sleep Thinking
They say I don’t fight guys unless they’re on a respirator. That’s incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Correct Fight Myself Respiration
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Effort Failure Fear Mistake People Try
If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
GEORGE FOREMAN

Champion Eyes Mom Proud Yourself

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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