{"author":"George Foreman","author_id":"George+Foreman","total_quotes":25,"quotes":[{"text":"I'd have to say losing the title to Ali in '74 was the lowest moment in sports for me. It was the most devastating thing in my boxing career, and it still hurts to this day.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["day","losing","me "],"id":2222,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didn't have any fear. I thought, 'This is easy. This is what I've been waiting for'. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["time","good","waiting "],"id":13181,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["ring","carry","ourselves "],"id":14560,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I started a youth center in Houston. The kids would come in and want to learn to box; they wanted to tear up the world, beat up the world. And I'd try to show them they didn't need anger. They didn't need all that killing instinct they'd read about. You can be a human being and pursue boxing as a sport.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["youth","world","want "],"id":21880,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch of freedom, and then they are free to come back to you. I love the idea of pigeons.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["love","free","you "],"id":36607,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I know from experience that you should never give up on yourself or others, no matter what.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["never give up","yourself "],"id":46522,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["age","boxing","hope"],"id":71477,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I got a strength coach. My wife. She gets big chains, and at night she puts them around the refrigerator. They are so strong, I can't break them.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["strong","wife","night "],"id":100746,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness,' but a lot of fighters go overboard.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["life","time "],"id":139226,"author_id":"George+Foreman"},{"text":"The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.","author":"George Foreman","tags":["gold","moment","dream "],"id":170141,"author_id":"George+Foreman"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}