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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?

Mike Tyson

I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSON

Freak History Myself
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
MIKE TYSON

Feeling Myself Society Time
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSON

Build Independence Learning Need Yourself
I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
MIKE TYSON

Best Change Mistake Myself People Respect Try
There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
MIKE TYSON

Experience Future Ourselves Past Return
Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
MIKE TYSON

Destroy Life Love Myself
I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
MIKE TYSON

Dreams Hands Myself Reach Stardom
There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
MIKE TYSON

Fight Happiness Spirit Young
In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
MIKE TYSON

Big Friendship Weakness Yourself
Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
MIKE TYSON

Discipline Hate Love Yourself
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

Knowledge Learning Life Mindset Myself Wisdom
Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
MIKE TYSON

Apply Confidence Genius Properly Success
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.
MIKE TYSON

Goodness Important Notice People Treat
Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
MIKE TYSON

Care God Help Job Money Quit Thinking Yourself
Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
MIKE TYSON

Fame Happiness Money Myself
I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
MIKE TYSON

Bad Fight Goodness Myself Pay

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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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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