Best 10 quotes of George Chuvalo on MyQuotes

Face your problems head on. Do what you have to do to take care of it. Develop a good work ethic.

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidney and me,I went dancing with my life

I appreciate all my fans. I appreciate anybody who has asked me for an autograph, or has complimented me as a fighter. When I go to the Hall of Fame events, I'm always well received and respected.

I don't want to be constantly associated with tragedy. I think I'd like to be associated with the idea of 'hope'.

I think you reach your full potential by fighting often enough against varied types of opponents. This makes you a complete fighter.

My motivation has to do with what happened to my family. I want to help young people make important decisions at the most important time in their life. If I didn't do this, it would be like my kids died in vain. I want to help them make the right decisions.

So many things we do as young people are things we have to live with as older people.

The happier you are, the more apt you are to make a prudent decision.

What helped me a lot is the fact that I have a very short neck. If I had a neck like a stack of dimes, you can bet I couldn't take a good shot. But the fact that I had a short neck and worked on it a lot (as opposed to most fighters who don't work on their neck muscles) definitely helped. I would stand on my head against a wall and move my head back and forth, side to side, for half an hour or so while talking on the phone.

When you do well in school as a young person you can foresee a bountiful future for yourself. When you don't do well, the future you see is bleak. It's tough to find an honour student in trouble with the law. We have to feel that we're of value and we get that from people reacting to our prudence.