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Wrestling Quotes by Mike Tyson

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Mike Tyson steps into the ring and feels the world shrink around him. He says he has loved fighting since he was a kid and sees himself as the biggest fighter who can take down anyone over 200 pounds. He also feels a duty to his fans to uphold sportsmanship.

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Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.

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“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”

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Fighting is a sport if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

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Fighters are never who they appear to be

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Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

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Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.

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Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

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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…

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I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and…

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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…

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Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

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March 16th, Mike Tyson [vs.] Razor Ruddock, Razor Ruddock dies. If he doesn't die, it doesn't count. If he's not dead, it…

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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

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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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If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad…

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I hope I can improve. I'm far from perfect. Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if I fought myself. I think it…

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I'll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I'm confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody…

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Fighting is endurance, knocking a guy out in 10 seconds is not fighting, its beating him to the punch. But when you…

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If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard…

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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…

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I was blessed with speed and a good punch. Everybody thinks I'm the hardest puncher ever. But I just think I was…

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It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved…

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When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be…

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I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy…

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Every punch I threw with bad intentions to a vital area...I aimed for his ear...I wanted to bust his eardrum...Every punch had…

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I don't know that person anymore, that guy in '86, '87. I don't know that guy no more. I don't have no…

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One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with…

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I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's…

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Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the…

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Fighting is spiritual. It appears to be physical from the layman's eyes. In my fights, I seemed to be angry and mad…

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My objective is to destroy anybody over 200 pounds, in the ring or out.

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I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

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All praise is to Allah, I'll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I'd fight him too.

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I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't…

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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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When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his…

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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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I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad

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I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people

At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch…

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

My career has been over since 1990.

I love to hit people. I love to.

I never wanted to do anything else but fight, when I was a kid. I never had any broader perspective of my own perspective.…

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

“Mike tyson made a prolific quote that I will never forget. It came when he was being interviewed by a reporter about another boxers…

I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

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.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.