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Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

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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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!
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Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper!
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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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Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.
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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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As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd let them follow you.
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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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Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
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If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get 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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You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.
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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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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.
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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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