George Foreman 50 inspiring Quotes

Few people are likely to be unaware of George Foreman, a retired American boxer. He has twice won the heavyweight title in boxing. After retiring, he became a well-known pitchman, well known for his George Foreman Grill.

Furthermore, his hard effort helped him win Olympic gold in 1968, and he surged through boxing’s heavyweight category to become world champion in 1973. He won world champion for the second time when he was 45 years old. Following that, he launches a successful post-boxing career as a pitchman and entrepreneur.

1. “It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.”― George Foreman.

2. “It’s very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids… you’re 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.”― George Foreman.

3. “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.”― George Foreman

4. “I LOVE THE PIGEONS. I JUST RAISE THEM, PERIOD, AND FEED THEM. PIGEONS GO AWAY, AND THEY ALWAYS COME BACK. YOU GET A TOUCH OF FREEDOM, AND THEN THEY ARE FREE TO COME BACK TO YOU. I LOVE THE IDEA OF PIGEONS.”― GEORGE FOREMAN

5. “Heroes have a rough time because they stand up when they ought not to, they speak when they ought not to; they always have to go that extra mile.”― George Foreman

6. “I am so happy to be alive. That’s the one thing I’d like for people to know. Sometimes people walk by and slip up and say the wrong thing about me, and I’ll smile. They wonder why am I smiling. Because I’m happy that I’m alive.”― George Foreman

7. “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 home, and everyone would be afraid of me. I had one fight in ’67, the first one. In ’68 of October, I was an Olympic gold-medalist, a dream come true, with a total of 25 boxing matches.”― George Foreman

8. “Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.”― George Foreman

9. “Generally when there’s a lot of smoke… there’s just a whole lot more smoke.”― George Foreman

10. “I DREAD HANDSHAKES. I’VE GOT SOME PROBLEMS WITH MY HANDS, AND EVERYWHERE I GO, PEOPLE WANT TO IMPRESS ME WITH THEIR GRIP. TO MAKE IT WORSE, NOW WOMEN ARE COMING UP WITH THAT FIRM SHAKE. SO I’LL SAY, ‘GIMME FIVE!’ IF A BOY WANTS A HANDSHAKE, I’LL JUST GIVE HIM A HUG.”― GEORGE FOREMAN

11. “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.”― George Foreman

12. “Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.”― George Foreman

13. “You don’t know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.”― George Foreman

14. “I am a winner each and every time I go into the ring.”― George Foreman

15. “I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.”― George Foreman

16. “A hero is someone right who doesn’t change.”― George Foreman

17. “The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.”― George Foreman

18. “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 didn’t even say hello to dear ones when they were alive. Give them hugs, kisses while they are alive and need it.”― George Foreman

19. “We all think we’ve got one more boxing match in us, and that, probably, will be the downfall of Floyd Mayweather, George Foreman, Manny Pacquiao. We’ll overstay our welcome.”― George Foreman

20. “But boxing was my profession. I had to go back the second time because I was broke and I couldn’t just go and get a college degree and earn it. I had too many bills, too many families.”― George Foreman

21. “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 business with that I can trust?’”― George Foreman

22. “A JACK RUSSELL TERRIER? MY GOD. HE’LL BURN YOU UP. THEY NEVER STOP. A GERMAN SHEPHERD, YOU CAN ONLY GO SO MANY MILES.”― GEORGE FOREMAN

23. “People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.”― George Foreman

24. “When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.”― George Foreman

25. “The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.”― George Foreman

26. “You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.”― George Foreman

27. “Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.”― George Foreman

28. “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.”― George Foreman

29. “Evil lurks where disappointment lodges.”― George Foreman

30. “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 than a boxing match.”― George Foreman

31. “Boxing has been the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. The biggest challenge in my life. I was a boxer. That was hard. Everything else is pretty easy.”― George Foreman

32. “Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.”― George Foreman

33. “The sport needs a personality, not a fighter. We’ve got plenty of great fighters in the sport, but no personalities. No one is standing for anything. The last personality we had was Mike Tyson. He stood for something. It wasn’t much, but he stood for something.”― George Foreman

34. “They’ll take everything, even your tears.”― George Foreman

35. “JUST TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME, TRUSTING THAT GOD STILL HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, AND HE WILL MAKE THE BEST OUT OF YOUR SITUATION.”― GEORGE FOREMAN

36. “I feel that I had been rescued from the gutter by America. One day I was under the gutter, chased by police, thinking dogs were going to get me. I laid there listening to the dogs and the gutter. The next day, there I am standing on the Olympic platform, and you hear the anthem. I was proud.”― George Foreman

37. “It’s strange because you – your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you’re a teenager, the next day you’re a grandfather and you want to decide, ‘I sure hope my kids don’t make the same mistakes.’”― George Foreman

38. “The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.”― George Foreman

39. “I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.”― George Foreman

40. “Put your name on something, it better be the best… you only get one shot.”― George Foreman

41. “IF YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT INTEGRITY IN WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU CAN’T GO WRONG. THAT’S WHAT I TELL MY KIDS, ANYWAY.”― GEORGE FOREMAN

42. “Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world have spent time in prison.”― George Foreman

43. “I started a youth center in Houston. The kids would come in and want to learn to box; they wanted to tear up the world, beat up the world. And I’d try to show them they didn’t need anger. They didn’t need all that killing instinct they’d read about. You can be a human being and pursue boxing as a sport.”― George Foreman

44. “In raising children, life brings forth those things where you do what you should never have done and what I taught you never to do. And when my kids have done those things, I just kind of look at them and say, ‘Now you know life.’”― George Foreman

45. “You wouldn’t meet a Joe Frazier down today and then up tomorrow, said hello to big shots then ignore someone on the lower level; he was the most consistent human being. What you see is what you get.”― George Foreman

46. “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.”― George Foreman

47. “Money is a good thing, but every morning you have to get up with something no one else in the world gets up with – that’s that image. That face you see in the mirror, you got to love it, and you better do some things that you feel good about inside of you. Of course, money is going to come, but make certain that you do some good with it.”― George Foreman

48. “I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.”― George Foreman

49. “If you learn to sell, it’s worth more than a degree. It’s worth more than the heavyweight championship of the world. It’s even more important than having a million dollars in the bank. Learn to sell, and you’ll never starve.”― George Foreman

50. “I dread handshakes. I’ve got some problems with my hands, and everywhere I go, people want to impress me with their grip. To make it worse, now women are coming up with that firm shake.”― George Foreman