George Foreman Quotes
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You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life.
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Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
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Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
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Learn to sell and you'll never starve
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You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
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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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I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else. So when I was a teen I reached out in a wrong way. I started to be a mugger, to rob people in the streets, just to supply for my needs.
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In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, "This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for". No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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There ain't nothing like being in the corner, and the trainer is whispering in your ear and another guy is putting in your mouthpiece. Five seconds to go, the boom! The bell. It's more exciting than looking down a cliff.
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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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If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.
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Sometimes God gives instructions that go against conventional wisdom, such as treating people kindly when they're hateful. Who really wants to do that? Instructions like that may not always make sense, so that's why I need to trust and obey the One who inspired them.
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Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.
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I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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The world is full of people who want to play it safe, people who have tremendous potential but never use it. Somewhere deep inside them, they know that they could do more in life, be more, and have more -- if only they were willing to take a few risks.
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Klitschko has had a good career. A lot of his fights have been out of the country as though he hasn't even been invited into the real heavyweight picture in the United States. He's a good fighter. You can't talk about him unless you can beat him and it doesn't seem that there's anyone around who can truly beat him.
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Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.
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I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.