I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
MIKE TYSONThis 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?
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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