George Foreman

All of a sudden, one day, you're this boxer that everybody like, or you're this guy that people pass on the highway and wave at. The next day, you're this guy that everybody want to touch - be in touch with you. Then you think that this is the answer to all things.

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

I want to tell everybody that there is really a living God.

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

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.

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

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.

It would be hard to throw a punch to someone who wasn't a boxer, who wasn't in the ring, and who didn't have on a pair of boxing gloves and who hadn't been training.

The integration of a headgear in professional boxing would do so much to make it safer for young men. They could go into the sport, make a lot of money and then come out and be good grandfathers.

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

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

My friends know that they're my friends - even my enemies know that they're my friends.

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

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

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.

I never get upset about what I read in the newspaper. I realize that every human being can make a difference in this world.

The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters.

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.

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

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