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I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.
Mike Tyson
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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.
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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 can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.
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I ain't never loan friends money I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, I'll pay you back, I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back.
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My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.
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King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he must be doing something crooked.
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I just want to be humble at all times.
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When I was young, I thought I was a god. Now, I just basically work on staying humble. My priorities changed. Just to be able to try to change them - that was frightening to me.
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Don't be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage
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I may have smoked too much weed, but I wasn't taking drugs or anything.
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I can talk about humility, but I'm not humble. I mean, if you say, I'm humble, you've just contradicted yourself. But I'm trying to be, man, I'm trying so hard.
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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.
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