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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
Actor
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Professional Boxer
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Brooklyn
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Michael Gerard Tyson
Iron Mike
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I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how to handle people crying any more. I lost my sensitivity like that. Please, you embarrass me when you cry because I don't know what to do when you cry. I don't know what to say.
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There are not many regrets that I have. There are a few things that I wish I'd changed in my life, but they are not so dramatic that I'd go out of my way to change them. But I go back and think about my life so far periodically in my head.
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