George Foreman Quotes
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Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.
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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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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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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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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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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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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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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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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 was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
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If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.
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Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
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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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Learn to sell and you'll never starve
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All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
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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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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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Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.
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If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.
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There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.
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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.
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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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I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.