George Foreman Quotations | Page 2

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training.

There are a lot of guys who are successful, they make a lot of big money, I mean millions overnight with a contract, and they don't understand the evaporation. It evaporates. You're always back to square one. I found that out, so integrity is how I do business. That's my main asset.

I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.

I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.

I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.

My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

May God bless the people of Jordan during this difficult time. Please know the American people join you in prayer and spirit,

I have determined that the severity and magnitude of this event necessitates the need for supplementary federal assistance,

I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?

I had very high hopes about this decision.

I think we're back in gear with Ford. They responded to each of the concerns we raised in a positive way. It's a great outcome.

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Patience is the virtue of an ass, who treads beneath his burden and complains not.

We still have crack cocaine coming into Paris, and we believe some of the same sources (in Dallas and Houston) are being used, but there is an abundant supply of crack cocaine.

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We're thankful to be counted among the many of you that are changing the world with your music and your lives.

every American who would have paid income taxes before the tax relief was enacted in 2001 will receive a tax cut in 2004.

It's a tricky place, because these songs are our life and death. To have anything come between the people who buy the record and the songs themselves is really hard to hear as a musician.

It's a difficult task, but I'm confident that the jury can pick a memorial that both reflects back and appreciates the sense of loss we all feel and will feel for our entire lives, and yet at the same time shows the confidence and the belief in the future that came from the courage and sacrifice of September 11,

For his entire adult life, John Roberts has been a disciple of and promoted a political and legal ideology that is antithetical to an America that embraces all, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, ... I have no doubt he's an accomplished lawyer and an affable dinner companion, but that doesn't make him any less a mortal danger to equal rights for gay people, reproductive freedom and affirmative action.

In January, he put this team on his back and saved the season when we had every excuse and every reason to give into the schedule, to give into the situations. Surviving January was an incredible statement by Carmelo.

I personally think (tonight is) important because they did beat us twice pretty badly. It's more of a pride game.

I don't know if I'm going to hit drivers, ... I'll probably hit a lot of wedges. If I get tired, I may take a few holes off.

By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred.

Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.

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.

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.

I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened boxing. Writers are not writing about us big boys anymore and I tell you right, however you feel, take something, find it, and use it because American needs something to read about. Not to see on television, but to read about. Let the writers take over.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

Today the biggest decisions I make aren't related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, or Jack-in-the-Box.

If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.

Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

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.

Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right. I take that one step further. You shouldn't do anything unless you do it right.

We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.

I didn't come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.

You may not realize initially how many other opportunities are wrapped up inside the first one. After you go through the first door, you'll then discover more doors automatically opening behind that one. One door leads you to another door, which leads to another door, and so one. It's like ten other boxes packed inside one box. The initial door that God opens is your access to more opportunities. But you must be willing to walk through the first one to get to the other good things God has for you.

If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.

Learn to sell and you'll never starve

I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

People trust me. I sell sincerity.

The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.

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.

I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn't want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did Mohammad. But Joe Frazier, on the other hand, he had his baby girl boxing in the crib.

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.

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

No doubt about it, in my career Ron Lyle hit me the hardest. One time he hit me so hard I didn't see it until I saw it on film when I woke up!

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.

My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.

If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges...

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.

Plant a seed of greatness in your children. Speak a word of encourgement to someone who needs to hear it. Inspire someone to be a better person. One day you'll reap a harvest, and your world will become a better place to live.

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.

I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

When problems arise, you will usually find two types of people: whiners and winners. Whiners obstruct progress; they spend hours complaining about this point or that, without offering positive solutions. Winners acknowledge the existence of the problem, but they try to offer practical ideas that can help resolve the matter in a manner that is satisfactory to both parties.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

The wealthy class often looks down on the poor as "those people." And deprived people view the rich as cold and heartless. The way to break down the barrier between the rich and poor is to asociate with each other and to help one another. Make a connection. If you can break down the barrier, it may pave the way to recovery for some person, a family, maybe an entire community.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Just learn from the guys who have already done it well. You need a mentor, a seasoned coach who is willing to share his wisdom and experience with you. Ask someone who has already been successful to guide you.

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.

There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

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 my not always make sense, so that's why I need to trust and obey the One who inspired them.

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.

This is our place, our house, our building. We let too many teams come in and do similar things (as Milwaukee did).

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.