He had recently retired, he said, from being the world's greatest salesman.
The theology holds that "Bob" is the greatest salesman who ever lived, and has cheated death a number of times.
Another common subject of questions dealt with the world's greatest salesman who could sell anything to anyone.
A leading self-made industrialist, he was one of the richest men of his time and was called the world's greatest salesman when he died in 1956.
The music producer Pete Waterman described him as "the greatest salesman I have ever met.
No one knew at the time that Foreman would turn out to be the greatest natural salesman in the world.
"He was Jersey City's greatest salesman."
Higgins referred to Preston Tucker as "The world's greatest salesman.
He grew up to become thoroughbred racing's most successful trainer but also the greatest salesman in the history of the sport.
His obituary in The Times in 1956 noted that he was "often called 'the world's greatest salesman.' "