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George Foreman

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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
Boxer
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Professional Boxer
Marshall
Texas
George Edward Foreman
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A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.
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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.
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I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
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I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
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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.
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Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.
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All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.
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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.
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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.
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I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'
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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 want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.
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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 may not always make sense, so that's why I need to trust and obey the One who inspired them.
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These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.
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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.
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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.
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Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.
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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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