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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

I got a strength coach. My wife. She gets big chains, and at night she puts them around the refrigerator. They are so strong, I can't break them.

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.

A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.

I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.

Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on.

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.

You got to look nice. If you got 10 kids, they'll talk about you if you don't look nice.

The fighters who give it all will be around for next year. Give it all you've got. Don't save anything.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it

I didn't come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

When you speak to a lot of kids, as I've done over the years, you know what to say, keep them laughing, good illustrations and learn to read.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.

A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.

Don't be afraid to employ people who will force you out of your comfort zone.

Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.

I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness,' but a lot of fighters go overboard.

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

Generally when there's a lot of smoke ... there's just a whole lot more smoke.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

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.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

People trust me. I sell sincerity.

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.

Just take one step at a time, trusting that God still has a plan for you, and He will make the best out of your situation.

When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.

I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.

I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.

When I left boxing in 1977 to be a preacher, I couldn't make a fist after I learned about Jesus Christ.

I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.

Every day, getting up early in the morning before much traffic, my wife takes me 10 miles from home, drops me off, and I have to get back.

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.

I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

Put your name on something, it better be the best ... you only get one shot.

Muhammad Ali is a true hero, and the fact there's something wrong with him is his badge of valour. He's a great man.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.

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.

They'll take everything, even your tears.

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.

Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.

Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.

The best entrepreneurs have found a way to serve others and as a result discover their greatest fulfillment.

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!

I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.

My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it.

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.

My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.

All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.

I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

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.