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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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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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Some people are faster than others I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.
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People look at me as some bruiser, but I want to entertain people. I want people to applaud. I want to be the cause of people being happy, their emotions changing, to tell me I did a good performance.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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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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Fighting is all about calmness and relaxation. My appearance was all an illusion. My appearance is of a mad man, but I'm really calm and collected. Even though I'm fighting, I'm calm and relaxed as possible, despite my displays, because once you get excited, you can't fight at the highest level of your ability.
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My objective is to destroy anybody over 200 pounds, in the ring or out.
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I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.
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I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.
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Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people, Greatness is being accepted by the people.
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