George Foreman Quotes (118 quotes)

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„When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own.“
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„There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems.“
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„Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.“
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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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„I've been on the opposite side of decisions before when the crowd would be booing and saying that I lost. I've lived with it. Judging in boxing has been same since the beginning, and it isn't gonna change.“
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„I'd have to say losing the title to Ali in '74 was the lowest moment in sports for me. It was the most devastating thing in my boxing career, and it still hurts to this day.“
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„I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me.“
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„Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn't even know what 26 cents looked like. I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else.“
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„Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone.“
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„The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.“
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„In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.“
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„You got to look nice. If you got 10 kids, they'll talk about you if you don't look nice.“
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„You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.“
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„You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.“
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„When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.“
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„Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.“
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„My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.“
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„My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.“
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„I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring.“
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„I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.“
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George Foreman
Author born: January 10, 1949
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Athlete

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