Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time.
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How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
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I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
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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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There's nothing like confidence.
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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 probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.
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I was very dedicated and serious about fighting. I'd read about all the fighters. I found out where they came from, knew about their mothers and their fathers . . . I just read all about their lives, their training.
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I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
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Common sense is so very simple but very difficult to grasp.
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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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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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I never wanted to do anything else but fight, when I was a kid. I never had any broader perspective of my own perspective. I didn't know anything about anything else. I just wanted to fight until I could fight no more, and then I wanted to own a bar and drink and tell war stories.
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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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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 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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I can deal with adversity.
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Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.
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We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.
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He was crying in there, making woman gestures.
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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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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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One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.