When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
GEORGE FOREMANI 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.
More George Foreman Quotes
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Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
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You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
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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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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
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The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
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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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People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
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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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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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There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.
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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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I didn’t come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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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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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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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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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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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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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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My mother was watching on television and she doesn’t want me to hurt anyone.
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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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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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