George Foreman Quotes

You've got to be humble; you've got to be nice to everyone. But when you're in the ring, that's the time to let your fists do the talking, and that's the time for action.

People didn't know until I said it publicly that I had a nasty side. It was never obvious to the fans. I never lost my head, you see. Never got sent off.

What people see on court is another side of me; it's not me.

You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's not that they have to sink the putt and there's a great deal of talent involved - but you do learn about how competitive a person is on the golf course, and frankly, how honest.

I don't want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people, and how I am as a role model. I don't just want to be, 'He dresses cool' or 'He dresses crazy.' You're going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing.

Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera.

I've got to be right on top of the action, or else all those people watching the game will say, 'This guy's not very good.'

Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject.

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

Character is everything. The reason people watch sports entertainment is to see people who are larger than life, but at the same time, there's something real about them.

I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

It is a fine line to be this PG superstar and also a role model and a bad guy and playing off our personality.

On the pitch, I can be really fearless. It's all about performing, and I forget about everything else. When I step off, in real life, I can be a different person. I can feel vulnerable sometimes.

When I get in the ring, I get to work very aggressively and solid, whereas with the Lord thing there were a lot of facials and stuff like that.

For me, what it means to be competitive is to work hard but compete in this type of game when you need to play, you need to suffer, you need to fight.

On the pitch, I will always be like that. That's my character, and I will always compete and compete - always. I'm a different guy off the pitch, as you can see, but on the pitch, I will not change.

Judge me on how I play football, or judge me on when you meet me.

It has been my experience that the greatest performers in the genre of sports-entertainment are usually natural extensions of their own, true personality.

My dad was a regular dad. At home, he wasn't Bonzo the animal. He was a very intellectual, quiet chap - not the beast we all know.

One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.

Off the court, I think people will like me.

On 'Raw,' I'm the big mean girl who goes and beats everybody up; on 'Total Divas,' they will see a softer, vulnerable side of me that definitely isn't seen on 'Raw.'

It all starts off on the field. In any sport, that's how you catch people's attention. From there, you kinda show your fans, your following, what kind of person you are and your personality. I let the field work do its work.