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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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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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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.
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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.
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To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
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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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Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.
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My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.
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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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In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.
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As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.
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You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.
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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.
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The age of 40 is not a death sentence.
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If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.
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I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it
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One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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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.
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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.
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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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