George Foreman Quotes (30 Quotes)

I have never been hit like that It should have been illegal for someone to get in the ring and punch somebody like that. That should have been rated X.

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. Rrelating boxing advice he received from Archie Moore on posturing before a fight.

My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone.

They'll take everything, even your tears.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

health, fitness, quality, and of course, comfort.

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.

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.

Generally when there's a lot of smoke... there's just a whole lot more smoke.

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

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

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.

That was my greatest achievement because I was just a 19-year-old boy who thought dreams could never come true.

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.

When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.

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.

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.

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

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

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 400 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.