Ed Foreman Quotes

The Rope a Dope would not have existed without the Big Dope.

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

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

I'm the world heavyweight champion. I consider myself a citizen of the whole world.

I cannot remember a time when I was not getting into fights.

Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.

If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

People trust me. I sell sincerity.

I wanted the world to know where I was from. I wanted to say to the world, "We gotcha." America gotcha.

Inside all of us, we know the truth of life that there's something more than the next new cell phone or gadget or relationship and that our heart beats in time with the sunset.

I've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place.

If you're leaving your family behind, you better believe in what you're singing.

Your faith is what you do daily, you can't separate your heart from your body and keep them both alive, they're almost the same thing.

For me, I want to create a environment for the songs to live in. So one song by itself only tells a piece of the story, but in the context of the album, more of the colors are revealed.

I think that's the beauty of live music - creating from the destruction.

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

I used to think that great art happened without argument, and maybe that’s not the case. Maybe the things that are most important in this life, you have to fight for.

I think surfing and music are both places of release and self expression where there are no rules, and you can find a different form of freedom that you can't anywhere else.

I try to surf everyday or at least go for a walk on the beach if the waves are flat. The more I travel, the more I appreciate where I live and the ocean.

There’s nothing that you can sell me that can make me happy.

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

I'm not really one to be on camera, I'd rather be writing songs.

Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity.

Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.

I simply want the music to to find its way to open-minded people.

I love a good pop song. I have no problem with the concept of doing that sort of thing. For me, it's usually what I'm inspired by, what I'm thinking about.

Music will always be judged by our subjective ears.

The artist is justified by his art.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.

What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play.

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.

They'll take everything, even your tears.

I don't think we can solve the outside problemsuntil we solve the ones within.

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

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

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

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.

I remember in school once the teacher gave us a speech about anyone can make it if they try, and then she looked at me and said. 'I don't know what you are going to do, Georgie.'

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.

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.

My book 'Ali Pasha' tells the true story of a young sailor Henry Friston, who, in the hell-fire of battle, forms an unusual friendship.

I tell my sons all the time, 'The most important thing in your life is fitness, ' but a lot of fighters go overboard.