This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
MIKE TYSON
What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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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’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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.
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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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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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