Quotes By George Foreman

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

The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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