George Foreman famous quotes

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
-- George Foreman

#Funny #Boxing #Shadow

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.
-- George Foreman

#Retirement #Pay #Lord

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
-- George Foreman

#Music #Sports #People

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
-- George Foreman

#Sports #Fighting #Hands

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
-- George Foreman

#Mistake #People #Trying

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.
-- George Foreman

#Play #People #Risk

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

#Successful #Being Successful #Habit

Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a dream.
-- George Foreman

#Confidence #Dream #Kids

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

#Positive #Fighting #Mma

People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.
-- George Foreman

#Hurt #People #Boxing

Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
-- George Foreman

#Forgiveness #Children #Love And Friendship

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.
-- George Foreman

#Hero

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

#Motivational #Fighting #Boxing

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.
-- George Foreman

#Fighting #Boxing #Hamburgers

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
-- George Foreman

#Boxing #Age #Death Sentence

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

#Resentful #Angry

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
-- George Foreman

#Children #Husband #Wife

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.
-- George Foreman

#Morning #Adventure #Start The Day

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

#Sports #Boxing #Hitting

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

#Life #Teenage #Kids

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

#Sports #Age #Income

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
-- George Foreman

#Boxing #Shapes #Fighter

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.
-- George Foreman

#Kings #Mcdonalds #Decision

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

#Dream #Might #Wells

So many of us have loved ones and people we really care about, and the only time we show affection is when they are gone. I have preached at funerals, and you see loved ones who didnt even say hello to dear ones when they were alive. Give them hugs, kisses while they are alive and need it.
-- George Foreman

#Kissing #People #Giving

I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
-- George Foreman

#Giving Up #Matter #Should

In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didnt have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what Ive been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
-- George Foreman

#Boxing #Waiting #Firsts

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.
-- George Foreman

#Nice #Kids #People

Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.
-- George Foreman

#Hero #Speak #Rough Times

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.
-- George Foreman

#Son #My Son

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

#Winner #Rings

I cannot remember a time when I was not getting into fights.
-- George Foreman

#Fighting #Remember

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.
-- George Foreman

#Basketball #Team #School

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.
-- George Foreman

#Giving #Done #Made

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

#Champion #Heavyweights #Citizens

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
-- George Foreman

#Thinking #Blood #Boxing

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.
-- George Foreman

#Hurt #Thinking #Dust

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
-- George Foreman

#Live And Learn #Forget #Forget It

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

#Helping Others #Giving #Effort

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.
-- George Foreman

#Attitude #Needs #Good Business

Evil lurks where disappointment lodges...
-- George Foreman

#Disappointment #Evil

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
-- George Foreman

#Sports #Real #Boxing

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

#Boxing #Age #Demographics

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.
-- George Foreman

#Graduation #Sleep #School

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

#Sports #Dope #Rope

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
-- George Foreman

#Kids #Houston #Letters

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

#Son #Thinking #Names

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

#Skulls #Boxing #Brain

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.
-- George Foreman

#Fighting #Men #Eight

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

#Responsibility #Decision #Winner

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

#Appreciation #People #Impossible

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

#Sports #Umpires #Important

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.
-- George Foreman

#Party #Offering #Ideas

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
-- George Foreman

#Men #Champion #World

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

#Entrepreneur #Crowds

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

#Children #Heart #Looks

Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.
-- George Foreman

#Names #Being The Best #Shots

As a matter of fact, there was a period of time, especially in my first career, when that's the only one who would work out with me: my dogs. As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running.
-- George Foreman

#Running #Dog #Careers

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

#Thinking #Guy #Boxers

A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
-- George Foreman

#Boxers #Bigs

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
-- George Foreman

#Sports #Boxing

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

#Hardest #You Choose

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

#Funny #Boxing #Yeah

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.
-- George Foreman

#Boxing #Guy #Ears

I don't even think about a retirement program because I'm working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even thought the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world.
-- George Foreman

#Retirement #Thinking #World

Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.
-- George Foreman

#Country #People #Looks

George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.
-- George Foreman

#Mirrors #Rivers #Miracle

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!
-- George Foreman

#Careers #Doubt #Saws

All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
-- George Foreman

#Dog #Shepherds #Germany

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother.
-- George Foreman

#Brother #Jesus #Athlete

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

#Memories #Past #Two

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

#Shepherds #German Shepherds #Miles

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

#Mother #Hurt #Television

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

#Want #Excuse #Behinds

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.
-- George Foreman

#Memories #Past #Reminiscing

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.
-- George Foreman

#Believe #Men #Boxing

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.
-- George Foreman

#Fighting #Boxing #Guy

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
-- George Foreman

#Dream #Children #One Day

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.
-- George Foreman

#Fighting #Justice #Hector

After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend
-- George Foreman

#Dog #Work Out #Opponents

People trust me. I sell sincerity.
-- George Foreman

#People #Trust Me #Sincerity

Learn to sell and you'll never starve
-- George Foreman

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

#Integrity

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.
-- George Foreman

#Book #Reading #Home

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.
-- George Foreman

#Girl #Daughter #Baby