The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
GEORGE FOREMANI always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
More George Foreman Quotes
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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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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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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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If you don’t dream, you might as well be dead.
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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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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
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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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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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One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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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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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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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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A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.
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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.
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