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title: "2 Back when Quotes By Mike Tyson"
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> [It's just good that Detroit is coming back. I'm so happy it's coming back because it needs to come back. When I do my trips around the world, and I can be anywhere, but I always see somebody from Detroit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/it-s-just-good-that-detroit-is-coming-back-i-m-so-happy-it-s-coming/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/mike-tyson-752_around-the-world_it-s-just-good-that-detroit-is-coming-ba_317100.jpg)

> [Back when I was a kid, I never liked the kind of kids that my kids have become. They're privileged and have things very easy. But I'm proud of them. None of my kids are getting high, they love school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/back-when-i-was-a-kid-i-never-liked-the-kind-of-kids-that-my-kids/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/mike-tyson-752_back-when_back-when-i-was-a-kid-i-never-liked-the_1382752.jpg)

## More by Mike Tyson

> [I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/i-know-how-hard-it-is-to-be-a-woman-especially-a-black-woman/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/greatness-is-not-guarding-yourself-from-people-greatness-is-being/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/at-one-point-i-thought-life-was-about-acquiring-things-life-is/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/being-in-the-ring-became-my-reality-and-in-my-reality-i-d-think-i-was/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/if-i-was-fighting-myself-i-always-say-that-i-would-kill-mike-tyson/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/yes-time-flies-and-where-did-it-leave-you-old-too-soon-smart-too-late/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [My career has been over since 1990.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/my-career-has-been-over-since-1990/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [I love to hit people. I love to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/i-love-to-hit-people-i-love-to/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [I never wanted to do anything else but fight, when I was a kid. I never had any broader perspective of my own perspective.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/i-never-wanted-to-do-anything-else-but-fight-when-i-was-a-kid-i-never/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/i-don-t-understand-why-people-would-want-to-get-rid-of-pigeons-they/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [“Mike tyson made a prolific quote that I will never forget. It came when he was being interviewed by a reporter about another boxers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/mike-tyson-made-a-prolific-quote-that-i-will-never-forget-it-came/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/i-m-the-biggest-fighter-in-the-history-of-the-sport-if-you-don-t/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/tupac-shakur-always-wanted-me-to-smoke-weed-with-him-and-i-never-did/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/real-freedom-is-having-nothing-i-was-freer-when-i-didn-t-have-a-cent/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

> [You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-tyson/you-need-to-learn-independence-you-have-to-be-independent-it-builds/)

[Mike Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-tyson/)

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