We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn't just go… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I think that every boxer should understand he's on the pedestal for a short span. It's best that you use boxing and… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali,… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn't want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
The sport needs a personality, not a fighter. We've got plenty of great fighters in the sport, but no personalities. No one… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Klitschko has had a good career. A lot of his fights have been out of the country as though he hasn't even… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
When it gets to the part in life where you're more afraid of what your wife is going to do to you… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
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… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
You wouldn't meet a Joe Frazier down today and then up tomorrow, said hello to big shots then ignore someone on the… — George Foreman Copy Share Image
Money is a good thing, but every morning you have to get up with something no one else in the world gets up with… — George Foreman Copy Share
I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch… — George Foreman Copy Share
I wanted to be champ of the world, but I kept hoping something would happen to Frazier. I didn't want to fight him. Nobody… — George Foreman Copy Share
Everybody wants to be somebody. The thing you have to do is give them confidence they can. You have to give a kid a… — George Foreman Copy Share
I wanted to be the best street fighter in Houston, Texas. And I thought if I got a trophy or two, I'd go back… — George Foreman Copy Share
The wealthy class often looks down on the poor as "those people." And deprived people view the rich as cold and heartless. The way… — George Foreman Copy Share
Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave. — George Foreman Copy Share
Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more… — George Foreman Copy Share
If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. — George Foreman Copy Share
Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. — George Foreman Copy Share
I feel that I had been rescued from the gutter by America. One day I was under the gutter, chased by police, thinking dogs… — George Foreman Copy Share
The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do… — George Foreman Copy Share
