Mike Tyson Quotes
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I just want to be humble at all times.
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Sarah Palin met the wombshifter! Old Sarah and the wombshifter.
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I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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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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My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.
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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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The U.S. prostitutes are fighting with everybody, shooting at everybody. It's like dating a gangbanger.
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One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.
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On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want to pierce [the audience's] souls and have them think about what I have to say.
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How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
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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.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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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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Without struggle, there is no progress. There has to be struggle in your life. You have to grow in experience to control your ego. Cause, you know, an ego can be crushed, it can be killed, it can be smashed, but it comes back. It never dies. That's the thing about the ego: it never dies.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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God, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody.
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You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
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I fight for perfection.
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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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Anything that helps pay the bills, I love it. Anything that makes people happy, I'm happy with that.
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I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'
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I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.
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You think the speed of your fingers can match the strength of my fists?