Mike Tyson Quotes
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I guess I'm going to fade into Bolivian.
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It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach a certain status and I'm in there for greatness and peace of mind.
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I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.
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I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.
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I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.
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That's all they said was wrong with me?
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I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like.
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I may have smoked too much weed, but I wasn't taking drugs or anything.
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Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you're not humble. And if you're not humble to this world, this world will thrust humbleness upon you.
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I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.
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Becoming a vegan gave me another opportunity to live a healthy life. I was so congested from all the drugs and bad cocaine, I could hardly breathe, [I had] high blood pressure, [was] almost dying [and had] arthritis. And once I became a vegan all that stuff diminished.
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I'm doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I'm doing what they were doing, not at their level yet, but one day I will be. I'm just happy to be in their company.
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.
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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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I want your heart, I want to eat your children.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it's pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn't doing it and that gives me a little edge.
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I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?
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I'm just protecting my children and making sure I pull them in the right direction so they don't end up like me with having to go through all that hardship. They may not survive so it's all about putting them on the right track.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.