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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
Actor
Autobiographer
Boxer
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Professional Boxer
Voice Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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I like entertaining people. I like being on stage. I like being in the life. This is what I do. This is the only thing I know how to do besides rob people and fight. Even when I was robbing people, I was entertaining them. But that's just what I love doing.
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Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.
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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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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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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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Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret.
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Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.
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He was screaming like my wife.
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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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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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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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It's unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you've got to go and try to dismantle this guy.
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I'm not afraid to be a jerk or anything and laugh at myself anymore.
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I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
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I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in 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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Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.
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[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything.
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Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show.
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