Mike Tyson citations (89 citations)

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Mike Tyson: Citations en anglais

“I don't have the desire to hurt anyone anymore. I see a fly, but I don't have the nerve to get up and kill it.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/saraceno/2005-06-12-saraceno-tyson_x.htm
On boxing

“"Everybody has plans until they get hit.”

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October 1987 Source: “Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit” (boxing adage) http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/everyone_has_a_plan_until_theyve_been_hit_boxing_adage, The Big Apple, Barry Popik, May 05, 2012 Source: " Mike Tyson explains one of his most famous quotes http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-09/sports/sfl-mike-tyson-explains-one-of-his-most-famous-quotes-20121109_1_mike-tyson-undisputed-truth-famous-quotes", Mike Berardino, Sun Sentinel, November 9, 2012] Often quoted as "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." Sometimes misattributed to Joe Louis. On boxing

“I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.”

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http://www.details.com/culture-trends/news-and-politics/201008/interview-boxing-mike-tyson
On himself

“When I had money I was an animal. I was so belligerent. I lost all across the board.”

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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-11621981-details/I'm+a+street+bum,+says+broke+Tyson/article.do;jsessionid=dZGvFJZGkLvsnbWWXZrVhsZ2kJlny8kkygtqYThr5ZL2nyWzmSjJ!-686754952
On himself

“My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.”

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/1961080.stm On Lennox Lewis

“I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.”

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v50/ai_17362107
Miscellaneous

“I put people in body bags when I'm right.”

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http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-99/01-16-99/c01sp085.htm
On himself

“Y'all guys can't define me or define my work as a father, i'm many things i'm many things you know, yeah i'm a convicted rapist, i'm a hell raiser, i'm a father, i'm a loving father, i'm, you know, a semi- good husband, you know what i mean? What? You know i'm just a man out here trying to enjoy my, you know I was born poor I ain't never had nothing I don't know how to act but the real thing is i'm just here to be me. I do'nt care about who anyone things at this stage in my life but yeah, i'm pretty much a tyrant titan. Yeahs thats who I am.”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqoaW2oEsU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgawker.com%2F5256086%2Fted-nugent-is-the-new-mike-tyson%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue&feature=player_embedded
On himself

“I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.”

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v50/ai_17362107
On himself

“People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?”

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As quoted in Boxing Monthly http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm. On his fans

“I'm not going to tell you I am a good father. I have to contribute to the world. I have to teach [my children] how to contribute to the world. That’s our whole existence – to contribute to the world and make it a better place in some way. In my life I contributed to make it a bad place.”

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story On his family

“He was trying to scrutinize with my brain.”

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http://www.slate.com/id/2083027/
Miscellaneous

“Then I came out of jail and beat guys because they were basically scared.”

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story
On boxing

“One of my friends once saw another guy's (criminal) record and said, 'Look, this guy is a born troublemaker, just a loser.' I had to tell him, 'No, that's my record — and it doesn't include my juvenile history.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.”

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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1654125,00.html
On himself

“My father was a pimp before he became a deacon or something. These people know how to handle women. I'm the worst guy in the world with women. They run circles around me.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm On his family

“None of my friends have any respect for me. … No, most of these people thought of me like… some money….”

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http://www.maxboxing.com/Goldman/eddieg071603.asp
On his fans

“I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire.”

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On himself
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/19/sotyson119.xml

“My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“My career has been over since 1990.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-12-tyson-retire-talk_x.htm
On boxing

“If they lock me up, at least I'll have a place to stay.”

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As quoted in ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story. Miscellaneous

“You can set a good example that you don't have to throw blows or be belligerent to get your point across.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
Miscellaneous

“He was just splendid, a masterful boxer - I take my hat off to him”

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/specials/lewis_v_tyson_fight/2032422.stm On Lennox Lewis

“1987: "I could have knocked him out in the third round but I wanted to do it slowly, so he would remember this night for a long time."”

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http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm
On boxing

“Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.”

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000205/ai_n14287081
On the media

“I just don't have the desire no more, I don't have the stomach to do it no more. I don't even kill insects in my house. I just don't kill anything no more. I used to kill pigeons, rip their heads off, 'You dirty rat pigeon!' I don't even have the heart to kill an animal no more. I just changed my whole life in general. That probably could have changed the way I fight.”

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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story
On boxing

“Every shot was thrown with bad intentions.”

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http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm This has often also been quoted as, "Every punch was thrown with bad intentions." On boxing

“Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.”

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http://jco.usfca.edu/boxing/desert.html
On boxing

“I've been a prima-donna. I was taken care of since I was 13. That's why I am the way I am today. I was spoiled, like a brat. I had anything I wanted. That's crazy to be that way all your life. Everybody's taking care of you, but manipulating you at the same time. Very few people have a life like that. Most people have to work like slaves their whole lives. I've never had a job in my life. What I know how to do is hurt big, tough men — in the street and off.”

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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“I'm not too interested in these swan songs I'm continuing to hear. I'm just Mike. I'm a peasant. I'm here to entertain the people. I'm no elite person. At one stage in my life, I had my little jewelry and all my little girlfriends and my big cars and things. At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older life is totally about losing everything. As life goes on, we lose more than we acquire. I don't want the finest girl in the world anymore. I'm just trying to stay balanced, basically.”

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As quoted in USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-12-tyson-retire-talk_x.htm (2005). Reported in The New Yorker as: “At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.” http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/06/27/050627ta_talk_remnick On himself