George Foreman Quotes About Boxing

Quotes about: Boxing

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

  George Foreman

  Funny, Boxing, Shadow

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

  George Foreman

  Sports, Fighting, Hands

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

  George Foreman

  Music, Sports, People

• 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

  Positive, Fighting, Mma

• Boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Boxing, Aspire

• I do believe he’s the greatest, but forget about boxing - give that to Joe Louis, or somebody - I believe he’s one of the greatest men I’ve ever met.

  George Foreman

  Believe, Men, Boxing

• I hit Ali with everything and he said 'is that all you got' and I said 'yeah, that's pretty much it.'

  George Foreman

  Funny, Boxing, Yeah

• The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

  George Foreman

  Boxing, Age, Death Sentence

• 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.

  George Foreman

  Boxing, Age, Given

  "George Foreman: Giving Life an Extra Punch". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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

  George Foreman

  Sports, Retirement, Boxing

• There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

  George Foreman

  Inspirational, Sports, Boxing

• 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 or eight more coming for you. Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer.

  George Foreman

  Fighting, Men, Eight

• Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

  George Foreman

  Motivational, Fighting, Boxing

• Anybody going into boxing already has brain damage.

  George Foreman

  Boxing, Brain, Damage

• I want to keep fighting because it's the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.

  George Foreman

  Fighting, Boxing, Hamburgers

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

  George Foreman

  Boxing, Shapes, Fighter

  "Hungry for more". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2004.

• People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.

  George Foreman

  Hurt, People, Boxing

  "George Foreman: Giving Life an Extra Punch". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

• I respect that you want to protect your niece. You know, I didn't want my daughter to become a boxer. Neither did Mohammad. But Joe Frazier, on the other hand, he had his baby girl boxing in the crib.

  George Foreman

  Girl, Daughter, Baby

• If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

  George Foreman

  Son, Thinking, Names

• That gal's all skull and no brains. She's like Joe Frazier with lipstick.

  George Foreman

  Skulls, Boxing, Brain

• I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

  George Foreman

  Graduation, School, Sleep

• 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

  Boxing, Waiting, Firsts

  "Talk Asia" with Monita Rajpal, edition.cnn.com. April 26, 2013.

• There's never been a great fight without the writers taking on and finding an identity for it. That's probably what has happened boxing. Writers are not writing about us big boys anymore and I tell you right, however you feel, take something, find it, and use it because American needs something to read about.

  George Foreman

  Writing, Fighting, Boys

  "Is Floyd Mayweather the 'best ever'? George Foreman and a Muhammad Ali intimate weigh in" by Mike Woods, www.foxnews.com. April 30, 2015.

• They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.

  George Foreman

  Fighting, Boxing, Guy

• The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.

  George Foreman

  Sports, Real, Boxing

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