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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

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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
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When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
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I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.
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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.
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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.
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