Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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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 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 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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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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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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Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.
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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.
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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 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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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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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.
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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 sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?
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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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There's nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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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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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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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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[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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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 still can’t believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I first met Ali in 1976. I was locked up in a juvenile home and he came to visit. I’ve never forgotten it.
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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.