George Foreman

Boxer

1949-01-10

Quotes by George Foreman

• They'll take everything, even your tears.

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• They'll take everything, even your tears.

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• I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

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

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• If you learn to sell, it's worth more than a degree. It's worth more than the heavyweight championship of the world. It's even more important than having a million dollars in the bank. Learn to sell, and you'll never starve.

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• You want to leave something; you really do. I mean, in the end, statues and all those things, that doesn't mean anything. Leave something that we're all going to benefit from. I think that's what I'd like to do.

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• It's strange because you - your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you're a teenager, the next day you're a grandfather and you want to decide, 'I sure hope my kids don't make the same mistakes.'

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

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

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

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

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• It's very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... you're 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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• 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.

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• When I step into the ring with someone, this has got to be their vacation spot, but my home turf. So I go the opposite side seven rounds doing the same thing. Skipping, skipping, skipping. Then I go seven rounds going both ways. Skip to the left, skip to the right.

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• It's great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.

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• 'Iron' Mike Tyson is the last boxer who was truly embraced by the media. They followed him around. You didn't know what he was going to do next: bite you, cut you, fight you. When you think about it, that defines him - it was an exciting adventure.

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• The sport needs a personality, not a fighter. We've got plenty of great fighters in the sport, but no personalities. No one is standing for anything. The last personality we had was Mike Tyson. He stood for something. It wasn't much, but he stood for something.

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• When it gets to the part in life where you're more afraid of what your wife is going to do to you than if you box, say, Mike Tyson, you've got to get a new profession. You don't get to be a family. I know why boxers never quit, some of them. They don't have wives.

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• The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

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