26 Quotes & Sayings By George Foreman

George Foreman was born on October 24, 1949. He is a former professional boxer and an American sports personality. Foreman is best known as the former undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1973 to 1978, and as one of the fighters featured in the ESPN documentary series The Fight Game. He now runs a restaurant, George Foreman's Char House Grill, in Houston, Texas.

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They'll take everything, even your tears. George Foreman
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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. George Foreman
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The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income. George Foreman
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The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?' George Foreman
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Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring. George Foreman
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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. George Foreman
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I remember in school once the teacher gave us a speech about anyone can make it if they try, and then she looked at me and said. 'I don't know what you are going to do, Georgie.' George Foreman
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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
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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone. George Foreman
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The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income. George Foreman
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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. George Foreman
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I get up in the morning looking for an adventure. George Foreman
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Money is a good thing, but every morning you have to get up with something no one else in the world gets up with - that's that image. That face you see in the mirror, you got to love it, and you better do some things that you feel good about inside of you. Of course, money is going to come, but make certain that you do some good with it. George Foreman
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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
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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. George Foreman
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The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background. George Foreman
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I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what. George Foreman
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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. George Foreman
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That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy. George Foreman
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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. George Foreman
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I am so happy to be alive. That's the one thing I'd like for people to know. Sometimes people walk by and slip up and say the wrong thing about me, and I'll smile. They wonder why am I smiling. Because I'm happy that I'm alive. George Foreman
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I started a youth center in Houston. The kids would come in and want to learn to box; they wanted to tear up the world, beat up the world. And I'd try to show them they didn't need anger. They didn't need all that killing instinct they'd read about. You can be a human being and pursue boxing as a sport. George Foreman
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I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness, ' but a lot of fighters go overboard. George Foreman
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A hero is someone right who doesn't change. George Foreman
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I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch of freedom, and then they are free to come back to you. I love the idea of pigeons. George Foreman