“Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch w...” — George Foreman Quote

“Growing up poor, I didn't even have a lunch to take to school. Lunch was 26 cents, and we didn't even know what 26 cents looked like. I didn't love school because I wanted to disguise that I was poorer than everybody else.”

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

“The fighters who give it all will be around for next year. Give it all you've got. Don't save anything.”

“I plowed fields with horses and worked as a hired hand in high school for 50 cents a day.”

“I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.'”

“I've worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.”