"You don't know what it is to be heavyweight champ of the world until you become the heavyweight champ of the world."

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

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

"After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend."

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

"Sonny Liston stood up to me and actually made me give ground. No one has ever done that to me before or since."

"I think its so good for boxing when a new guy or new blood as we call it, makes a big statement."

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

"There shouldn't be budget problems. There is so much money that goes untapped. If every athlete gave 5% of what they earned, there wouldn't be any budget problems."

"Frazier was not a big man at all. Frazier was about 5'9, but he would make anyone run. Put up your dukes and cover up because he's coming. He never backed up from anyone."

"When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own."

"You've got to keep a dog with you at all times. A dog cannot roam. You've got to keep him in the house with you. You can't have a wild dog and expect days to go good."

"I just don't know how I was able to be a boxer in the first place without believing God."

"When I was in the ring, you really saw the best of me. Outside the ring, I was really some terrible fellow."

"When you speak to a lot of kids, as I've done over the years, you know what to say, keep them laughing, good illustrations and learn to read."

"You got to look nice. If you got 10 kids, they'll talk about you if you don't look nice."

"You've got to have a focus. You just fight for money, you get hurt. You focus on the title, you'll just naturally make money doing it."

"Every day, getting up early in the morning before much traffic, my wife takes me 10 miles from home, drops me off, and I have to get back."

"Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring."

"I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way."

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

"I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me."

"Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day."

"You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts."