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I'm a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.

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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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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.
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I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, You'd better fight. My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid.
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I'm just happy I'm not a phoney.
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I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
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Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.
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I can deal with adversity.
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This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. Evander Holyfield butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me.
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