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George Foreman

That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
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Easy Fight Gift Negative Yourself
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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Impossible Leadership People Respect True
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
One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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Better Goal Inspirational Myself Person
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
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 get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
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Adventure Morning Myself
Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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Boxing Brain Damage Fight Match
We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.
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Goal Myself Patience Reach
Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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Learning Sales Starve 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
Growing up poor, I didn’t even have a lunch to take to school.
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Education Growth Myself School
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
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Decision Learning Responsibility Win
It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
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Day Enjoyment Greatness Memories Past
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
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Country Greatness Himself People Prison Time
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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Fight Important Person Referee
Excellence isn’t achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You’ve got to have both.
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Achievement Excellence Inspirational Yourself
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
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
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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Excuse Leaving Yourself
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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Champion Defeat Internal Myself Revenue
Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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Life Reading Road Yourself
There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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Boxing Fight Hit Sports
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
There ain’t nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It’s more exciting than looking down a cliff.
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Excitement Man Time Yourself
A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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Change Heroes Right
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

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.

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