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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More George Foreman Quotes
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When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn’t afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po’.
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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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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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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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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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I’m working for the Lord, and even though the Lord’s pay isn’t very high, his retirement program is.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it.
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If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.
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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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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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Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!
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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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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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I look at my children and one thing I’m most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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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.
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As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.
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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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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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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My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
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