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.
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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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Learn to sell and you’ll never starve
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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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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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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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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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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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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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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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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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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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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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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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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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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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We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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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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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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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.
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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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Don’t let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That’s a price that’s too high to pay.
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The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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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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If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
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As long as I’m reading, I’m at home.
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