Mike Tyson Quotes
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.
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I think I'll take a bath in his blood.
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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
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I got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend - I got 'em all. But I don't want to be holier-than-thou. I want to help everybody and still get some (sex).
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These pigeons have been living with each other for 10 or 15 years, but when I throw feed down, they kill each other to get it, and it's the same with the fighters. We love and respect each other...but we need that money.
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I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
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That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
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I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.
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Every punch was thrown with bad intentions.
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Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
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I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.
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Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
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I never look at a high point in my career. Everyone thinks about the Spinks fight, but that fight only lasted 91 seconds, so it's hard to say it defined my career.