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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"A hero is someone right who doesn't change."

"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."

"I'm a winner each and every time I go into the ring."

"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."

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

"Put your name on something, it better be the best... you only get one shot."

"They'll take everything, even your tears."

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

"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."