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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
George Foreman
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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
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Marshall
Texas
George Edward Foreman
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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.
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As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd let them follow you.
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I look at my children and one thing I'm most proud of, in my heart, are my children.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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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.
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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.
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If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.
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