George Foreman Quotes

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

The more you rely on what you need, the more you become that which you rely on.

I am a very independent person, and I, you know, I maintain that independence, but, you know, certain things - I mean, it takes, you know, it's just much easier for other people if other people can help you every now and again.

I don't think Joe Louis could take the punches today fighting in this era.

It is the natural desire of each nation to use the other as an instrument of its own purposes and policies. By dint of our mutual dependence, your influence is amplified by our power. Our power is made more responsible and more effective by your influence.

You may pretend to a civil independence, but the rest is a chimera. You are tied to me like a moon to a planet. I am not your enemy, but some force must be applied so that you follow in my step.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

A lot of people don't really understand boxing.

I used to watch old clips of Muhammad Ali, where he'd be talking the jive during interviews, you know, 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, rumble, man, rumble.'

All I really have going is football. I don't know what I would do without it.

Boxing's a funny business and sometimes different fights come along at different times.

I liked it when people relied on me... because then I knew I had something different to offer.

I have a lot of people depending on me - even people I didn't know depended on me.

I think the quarterback position, moreso than in all of sports, no other position compares - you rely on so many people to do your job.

I started boxing because of my brother. And then I came to admire the all-time greats, like Roberto Duran and Muhammad Ali. I'd say I admired Ali more than any fighter in my life.

Everything you touch touches you.

I have looked at videos of many great champions like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Joe Frazier, who each had special qualities. I never say one particular fighter is the best ever because each has a special unique style of fighting.

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.

I've been doing this for so many years that I believe Gamboa can't bring anything to the ring that I haven't seen.

I understand the psychology of the sport, especially inside the ring.

I have a dream fight - boxing fight - and I am for sure gonna fight a boxing fight.

An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.

The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.

The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.