Mike Tyson Quotes
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I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.
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I'am not predictor of fights, but I know when I hit 'em good, the fight is close to an end.
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I like horror movies. Nightmare on Elm Street is my favourite. I even get scared a little bit watching horror.
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People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
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I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you're not a friend to yourself, there's no way you're gonna have any friends.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
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I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.
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I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
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I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls.
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Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use. If not, you'll get burned.
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God, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody.
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I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.
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I'm a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan.
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One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.
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We wanna believe that we're different than the average guy that's working 9-to-5, that our thoughts are different than his. Our inspirations and desires are different than his, that's why we succeed and he didn't cos we wanna believe we're different, but he just didn't get the break that we had...or he wasted it on something else.
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I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.
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When I go to Europe or South America, they laugh at things that are totally different than what Americans would laugh at. It's just so crazy how we're so different in personalities with other people.