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Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.

Mike Tyson

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Mike Tyson
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: June 30
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Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.
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I don't know, man, I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.
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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 got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend - I got 'em all. But I don't want to be holier-than-thou. I want to help everybody and still get some (sex).
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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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[Sometimes I] put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
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I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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