Mike Tyson Quotes
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How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
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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'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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There's nothing like confidence.
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My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.
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There's no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don't want to close the door on it either.
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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 have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.
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Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.
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I like strong women - not necessarily a masculine woman - but I like strong women...say a woman who runs a C.E.O. corporation. I like a strong woman with confidence - massive confidence - and then I want to dominate her sexually.
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He was crying in there, making woman gestures.
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People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too.
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.
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I'm sorry I let everybody down, I'm fighting just to pay my bills. I don't have the stomach for this anymore... I don't have the desire for it. I feel bad for the people... I wish they could get their money back.
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I don't want my kids to be like me, I don't want my daughter to date a guy like me. You know, for a guy like me success is to take care of my children to take care of their life and make 'em cushioned. I don't want them to be around people like me. You know, success for me would be that they never have the opportunity of being in the presence of someone like me.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
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Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.
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I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
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I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally.
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I can deal with adversity.
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I am not a role model.
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For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.