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When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

— George Foreman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself.

— Edgar Ramirez

I wanted to be a world champion.

— Manny Pacquiao

I would like to be remembered as a boxer who tried to do his best.

— Miguel Cotto

In 1973 I became heavyweight champion of the world with 38 victories, no defeats as a professional. You get to a point where you think you cannot lose. I felt like I had the greatest power with my fists, I was the strongest man in the world.

— George Foreman

I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.

— Idi Amin

I want to be the light heavyweight champion of the world.

— Andre Ward

I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.

— Jon Seda

Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.

— Joe Frazier

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

— Alexis Arguello

✗Opposing Perspectives

I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn't want to be one of those guys.

— Sugar Ray Leonard