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When I attended, the preacher would announce, "The former heavyweight champion of the world George Foreman wants to tell you how he met Jesus Christ." I would get up and tell my story, and they would applaud and cry hallelujah. Mostly, they just gawked. "Oh, he's tall," they would say. Or, "He's got muscles." I felt like a sideshow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point: Boxed Out | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...concerned, that George Foreman rascal had died in that dressing room in Puerto Rico. I had been heavyweight champion of the world and could buy a swimming pool and a Rolls-Royce, but all it meant to me was ignorance. I didn't want anyone to know I was that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point: Boxed Out | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...yelled out, "Yes, I'm George Foreman. I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I fought Muhammad Ali. I fought Joe Frazier." And they stopped. They asked, "George Foreman, is that you?" I said, "Yes, and now I want to tell you what God can do for you." And I preached my first real sermon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning Point: Boxed Out | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

Sarah Hughes, forward cross-step aside. This prefrosh weekend, another prospective undergrad could rival last year’s Olympic figure skating champion for the distinction of the most famous member of Harvard’s class...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Cancun to Harvard | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

...Reno is a champion of that, and when we approached her about it, she was very accepting,” he said...

Author: By Yailett Fernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Reno Speaks Against Bush’s Case for War | 4/24/2003 | See Source »

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