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I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.
Mike Tyson -
I paid a worker at New York's zoo to re-open it just for me and Robin (his wife). When we got to the gorilla cage there was 1 big Silverback gorilla there just bullying all the other gorillas. They were so powerful but their eyes were like an innocent infant. I offered the attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let smash that silverback's snotbox! He declined.
Mike Tyson
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I guess I'm going to fade into Bolivian.
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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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He was screaming like my wife.
Mike Tyson -
What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.
Mike Tyson -
Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
Mike Tyson -
Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
Mike Tyson
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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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I think I'll take a bath in his blood.
Mike Tyson -
If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch Mike Tyson can take and I don't know how hard Mike Tyson's punch is. I don't know. For me looking at me, I think I can beat me.
Mike Tyson -
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.
Mike Tyson -
Friendth, Romanth, countrymen, lend me your earsth.
Mike Tyson -
People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?
Mike Tyson
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You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages.
Mike Tyson -
I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.
Mike Tyson -
I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how to handle people crying any more. I lost my sensitivity like that. Please, you embarrass me when you cry because I don't know what to do when you cry. I don't know what to say.
Mike Tyson -
This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. Evander Holyfield butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me.
Mike Tyson -
When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
Mike Tyson -
I just love to fight. I like to hurt people. I haven't lost that. I didn't lose it when I first got a bit of wealth and I haven't lost it now. The nature of my business is to hurt people.
Mike Tyson
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I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.
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I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, "You'd better fight." My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid.
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I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.
Mike Tyson -
People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
Mike Tyson