Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
George Foreman
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
Boxer
Businessperson
Professional Boxer
Marshall
Texas
George Edward Foreman
Shapes
Good
Matches
Always
Tiger
Tigers
Boxing
Fighter
Nervous
Shape
More quotes by George Foreman
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.
George Foreman
If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.
George Foreman
I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
George Foreman
All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.
George Foreman
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
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes they fail because they are afraid to try.
George Foreman
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
If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
George Foreman
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
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
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
A hero is someone right who doesn't change.
George Foreman
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
The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
George Foreman
I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'
George Foreman
A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
George Foreman
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
I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.
George Foreman
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
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