Quotes By George Foreman

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

They'll take everything, even your tears.

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

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

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

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement.

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.

If you can maintain that integrity in whatever you do, you can't go wrong. That's what I tell my kids, anyway.

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

When I found Jesus Christ, I learned to be a better athlete. I didn't have to go out there and knock them out in the first round. I've learned to be patient, skillful in the ring. At the same time, I wanted to prove to other boxers that you can take off this killer instinct stuff, you can be a great athlete, a great boxer, and love your brother.

A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He'll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles.

All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

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.

As a matter of fact, there was a period of time, especially in my first career, when that's the only one who would work out with me: my dogs. As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

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.

You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world.

Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since.

I cannot remember a time when I was not getting into fights.

I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.

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

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches.

All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came from.

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

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