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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.

George Foreman

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George Foreman
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 10
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I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.
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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 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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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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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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Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
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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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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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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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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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One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.
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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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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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After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend
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A hero is someone right who doesn't change.
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Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.
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