Mike Tyson Quotes
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My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.
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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 can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.
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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 just want to conquer people and their souls.
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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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I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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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'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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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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[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything.
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Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.
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We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.
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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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Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win.
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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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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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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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I love to hit people. I love to.
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I like entertaining people. I like being on stage. I like being in the life. This is what I do. This is the only thing I know how to do besides rob people and fight. Even when I was robbing people, I was entertaining them. But that's just what I love doing.
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I'll go back and take what the people owe me.
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This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole life's reputation was built on being extremely violent. I just don't know how to deal with that right now. I don't even go to strip clubs no more. I don't know who I am sometimes, but I am not the guy I used to be. I'm not an angel or anything. I'm still lascivious, periodically. I'm just looking for some balance in my life.