George Foreman still remembers his finest moment as a professional boxer.
“In the 10 years out of the ring, I became a minister.
Sometimes, my car would need a booster, and a stranger would stop by to help me out. I asked how much I owed him.
He said, ‘Get out of here, big’un.’
He didn’t even realize I was once heavyweight champion of the world, but he was so kind to me.
Everyone was so kind to me, and I used to think, ‘I wish I could be champion again because I should have been nicer to people.’
When I came back, I built my profile up again, and I repaid all the people I had been unkind to.
The comeback was my way of saying sorry for being so unkind the first time round.
That was the best time of my whole boxing career, when I came back because I gave back.
When I was in Reno, Nevada I couldn’t sign autographs or shake people’s hand because I had sprained my hand, so I just sat by a post and let anyone come over and talk, or take a picture. They did. I was there for three hours, and it was the nicest time of my life as a boxer.
Nothing compared to that moment – not even beating Frazier, or being with Ali in Zaire!
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That’s pretty cool. What if we all did that, making amends, in our various capacities, when possible? Even something that seemed little, at the time, that rises up in my spirit, that I remember, could be God prompting me to mend and heal and make a huge impact I wouldn’t have dreamed. I didn’t even know about George Foreman, but I like him!
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Making amends? It’s not something that is suppose to be advertised or self-promoting.
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Lovely story (sorry, Big ‘un, but it was lovely). Hopefully, others will want to bask in those warm feelings of kindness regardless of their profession. 🙂
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