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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
— George Foreman
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
— George Foreman
A hero is someone right who doesn't change.
— George Foreman
These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
— George Foreman
The time may have come to say goodbye to Muhammad Ali, because very honestly, I don't think he can beat George Foreman.
— Howard Cosell
Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.
— George Foreman
Fightin' George Foreman is like being in the street with an eighteen-wheeler comin' at you.
— Joe Frazier
As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
— George Foreman
I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.
— George Foreman
A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
— George Foreman
I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
— George Foreman
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
— George Foreman
You got to look nice. If you got 10 kids, they'll talk about you if you don't look nice.
— George Foreman
The fighters who give it all will be around for next year. Give it all you've got. Don't save anything.
— George Foreman
If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
— George Foreman
I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'
— George Foreman
If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
— George Foreman
You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman's behind.
— Muhammad Ali
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.
— George Foreman
The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.
— George Foreman
Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
— George Foreman
A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.
— George Foreman
Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
— George Foreman
People trust me. I sell sincerity.
— George Foreman
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won.
— Muhammad Ali
Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
— George Foreman
My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.
— George Foreman
All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
— George Foreman
I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.
— George Foreman
When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.
— George Foreman
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.
— George Foreman
Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
— George Foreman
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
I'm so fast I run through a hurricane and not get wet. George Foreman is gonna pay me a dept.
— Muhammad Ali
When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
— George Foreman
You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.
— George Foreman
The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.
— George Foreman
We have a George Foreman grill on the bus.
— Gavin DeGraw
Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
— George Foreman
As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.
— George Foreman
I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
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!
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
— George Foreman
I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.
— George Foreman
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
— George Foreman
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.
— George Foreman
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.
— George Foreman
I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.
— George Foreman
The best entrepreneurs have found a way to serve others and as a result discover their greatest fulfillment.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
They'll take everything, even your tears.
— George Foreman
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.
— George Foreman
Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.
— George Foreman
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.
— George Foreman
George Foreman looks as if he might have organically appeared out of the very ground around the church.
— Davis Miller
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.
— George Foreman
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
— George Foreman
If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.
— George Foreman
