128 Top George Foreman Quotes For Your Daily Dose Of Inspiration
Nicknamed as the “Big George”, George Foreman is a two time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. This former American professional boxer went on to become an ordained minister, author and entrepreneur. His boxing career can be split up into two phases - 1969-1977 and 1987-1997. In the first phase of his career, he defeated the invincible Joe Frazier and went to win his first heavyweight championship. He defended his title successfully twice before his first professional defeat to Muhammad Ali in ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’. With lack of opportunities for another shot at the title and what Foreman considered a “religious epiphany”, he retired and eventually became an ordained minister. A decade later, he made a comeback into the ring and defeated Michael Moorer and became the oldest boxer to win the heavyweight title. “Big George” was inducted into the ‘World Boxing Hall of Fame’ and the ‘International Boxing Hall of Fame’. With an unparallel record of 68 knockouts, 76 wins and 5 losses, the IBRO rated Foreman as the 8th greatest heavyweight of all time. Here are some of the famous quotes from this legendary boxer highlighting his thoughts and sayings.
They'll take everything, even your tears.
Don't be afraid to employ people who will force you out of your comfort zone.
Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.
Nobody can do everything well, so learn how to delegate responsibility to other winners and then hold them accountable for their decisions.
To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
To succeed in business, you need somebody in your corner who cares enough to challenge you and is courageous enough to tell you the truth, especially when the pressure is on.
The best entrepreneurs have found a way to serve others and as a result discover their greatest fulfillment.
In your business or in your close relationships, if you want people to perform Herculean feats on your behalf, they must know that you care about them.
As an entrepreneur, don't follow the crowd; let them follow you.
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.
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.
Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.
I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me.
I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.
I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.
Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.
Every day, getting up early in the morning before much traffic, my wife takes me 10 miles from home, drops me off, and I have to get back.
You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it.
You got to look nice. If you got 10 kids, they'll talk about you if you don't look nice.
When you speak to a lot of kids, as I've done over the years, you know what to say, keep them laughing, good illustrations and learn to read.
When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow.
I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God.
You've got to keep a dog with you at all times. A dog cannot roam. You've got to keep him in the house with you. You can't have a wild dog and expect days to go good.
When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own.
Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone.
There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems.
I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.
I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.
Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.
