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Fighter Quotes by Mike Tyson

38 Fighter quotes by Mike Tyson

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I’m the biggest fighter in the sport, and I prove it with the cash register. Inside me is a hunger to eat and conquer, even if it sounds egotistical. I learned to keep emotions cold, to persevere, and to chase the championship I’ve dreamed of all my life.

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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.

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

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Fighters are never who they appear to be

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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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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.

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You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel.…

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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 can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I…

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

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My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a…

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King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he…

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I think the reality of prison is you don't get anything unless you want it in there. Whatever happens to you in…

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Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know…

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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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Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they…

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If they don't have that extreme addict personality, you can never understand how a guy can blow 300 or 400 million dollars.…

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I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have…

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I'm sorry I let everybody down, I'm fighting just to pay my bills. I don't have the stomach for this anymore... I…

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These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a…

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To be successful in sports or business, you really have to live the lifestyle. Success is about lifestyle. Just because I was…

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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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We wanna believe that we're different than the average guy that's working 9-to-5, that our thoughts are different than his. Our inspirations…

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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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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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We live in a society where we basically live and strive on what people think about us. We’re more visual people so…

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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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Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you…

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It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach…

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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…

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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…

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I'm the best fighter in the world. No one can beat me…My objective is to inflict as much pain as possible, to…

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I was very dedicated and serious about fighting. I'd read about all the fighters. I found out where they came from, knew…

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It doesn’t faze me what anyone says about me. It doesn’t matter what anyone says about me. I’m a totally different entity…

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I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me.…

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I'm gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me...your great grandkids will…

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One of my friends once saw another guy's (criminal) record and said, 'Look, this guy is a born troublemaker, just a loser.'…

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He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health…

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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve…

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

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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 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.