Mike Tyson Quotes
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In order for me to achieve... I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
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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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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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If you have a lawyer, sometimes you can get out of trouble. I've gotten into a lot of trouble because I didn't have a lawyer. I've also had some bad lawyers, too. But the good ones, the ones I liked, they became me. They became whatever situation I was involved in. When I felt pain, so did they. When I succeeded, so did they. They became me. They became whatever the situation was that they became involved with.
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When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
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Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.
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Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.
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You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
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I don't care how much you love each other, if you have secrets, it'll never work. That's why she's your loved one, because it's the love of one. Togetherness, you are one.
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There's nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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I haven't been with a woman in nine months.
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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn't.
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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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Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
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Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.
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I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?
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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.
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If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
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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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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 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've been a prima-dona. I was taken care of since I was 13. That's why I am the way I am today. I was spoiled, like a brat. I had anything I wanted. That's crazy to be that way all your life. Everybody's taking care of you, but manipulating you at the same time. Very few people have a life like that. Most people have to work like slaves their whole lives. I've never had a job in my life. What I know how to do is hurt big, tough men - in the street and off.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, "I'll pay you back," I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back.