Top 192 Quotes & Sayings by George Foreman - Page 3

If you want to be obsessed to be your best, you must get ride of the negative things that are weighing you down.

The wealthy class often looks down on the poor as "those people." And deprived people view the rich as cold and heartless. The way to break down the barrier between the rich and poor is to asociate with each other and to help one another. Make a connection. If you can break down the barrier, it may pave the way to recovery for some person, a family, maybe an entire community.

Don't let any opportunity lead you away from serving God. That's a price that's too high to pay.

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.

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.

As long as I'm reading, I'm at home.

Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.

Everything America should be, Muhammad Ali is.

A boxer never sees the big one that hits him.

Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Just learn from the guys who have already done it well. You need a mentor, a seasoned coach who is willing to share his wisdom and experience with you. Ask someone who has already been successful to guide you.

You have to keep your goal in mind and never lose sight of it. I envisioned myself winning the heavyweight title for ten years before I actually captured it. If you're not driven to do your best, you'll never reach the level of excellence in your life.

There's never been a boxer better than Joe Louis. You'd take one shot from him and you were sure he'd have seven or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.

As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.

I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

Learn to sell and you'll never starve

I always carried a small American flag red white and blue with me so people would know I was from America.

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.

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.

We, too, need to be patient, especially when it comes to reaching new goals.

Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need.

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

When problems arise, you will usually find two types of people: whiners and winners. Whiners obstruct progress; they spend hours complaining about this point or that, without offering positive solutions. Winners acknowledge the existence of the problem, but they try to offer practical ideas that can help resolve the matter in a manner that is satisfactory to both parties.

Read the Bible; it is your roadmap through life.

If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

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.

Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper!

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

If you don't dream, you might as well be dead.

I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.

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.

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown.

Plant a seed of greatness in your children. Speak a word of encourgement to someone who needs to hear it. Inspire someone to be a better person. One day you'll reap a harvest, and your world will become a better place to live.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

If you want it, leave your excuses behind and come and get it

Choose wise and Godly people to advise you.

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.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

You may not realize initially how many other opportunities are wrapped up inside the first one. After you go through the first door, you'll then discover more doors automatically opening behind that one. One door leads you to another door, which leads to another door, and so one. It's like ten other boxes packed inside one box. The initial door that God opens is your access to more opportunities. But you must be willing to walk through the first one to get to the other good things God has for you.

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.

You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

One of my goals is to inspire everyone I meet to become a better person.

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!

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.

I didn't come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free.

Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

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.

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.

Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school.