Tyson Quotes - Page 3

• All the champions - you go and ask Mike Tyson or Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Lennox Lewis and myself included, and I'm sorry for putting myself in line with all the other great names - but the champion's attitude is it doesn't matter who is in front of me, I am going to conquer this person and win the fight and knock the person out.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Attitude, Sorry, Fighting

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• It's not my place to compare myself to greats like Tyson, Frazier or men like that. But I would look at a fighter like Evander Holyfield. He's a great heavyweight who worked his way up through the weight classes to become champion and had to beat bigger men along the way.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Men, Class, Champion

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• Democrats' desperate attempt to focus on campaign finance reform instead of laws that may have been broken by the Clinton-Gore campaign is like Mike Tyson demanding a reform in boxing regulations after biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear.

  Cal Thomas

  Law, Broken, Boxing

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• Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.

  Viola Davis

  Inspiration, Actors

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I am the heavyweight champion of the world, and the greatest heavyweight you have seen for a long while. With Tyson on the card, it is definitely an added bonus because Lewis-Tyson on the same card would be a great doubleheader. This is what the fans want to see.

  Lennox Lewis

  Long, Champion, Heavyweights

  Lennox Lewis during National Conference Call, www.boxinginsider.com. April 24, 2003.

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• There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand.

  Lennox Lewis

  Fighting, Want, Firsts

  Lennox Lewis during National Conference Call, www.boxinginsider.com. April 24, 2003.

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• It's a surreal experience. During the first show, I was like, "Wow, I'm onstage with Ms. Tyson!" Everybody has been amazing, and the energy is really beautiful. I'm replacing my friend Condola, so everyone making sure that I'm OK has turned what could've been a very scary, nerve-racking and lonely experience into a supportive environment.

  Adepero Oduye

  Beautiful, Lonely, Scary

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• I'm in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same. She can switch up the delivery, but it's still with the right intention. Her words are effortless in terms of their meaning and how she inhabits them. She's been doing Trip to Bountiful for four months, and it still feels real. She's pretty amazing.

  Adepero Oduye

  Real, Months, Different

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• There were different heroes with different images. There was Mike Tyson, the animal, there was Evander Holyfield, the devout, the priest. And there was me, the thinker, the intellectual boxer. So there was something for every fan, if you like. The public could always identify with one of us.

  Lennox Lewis

  Hero, Animal, Intellectual

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

  Evander Holyfield

  Boxing, Decision, Ears

  The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2003.

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• Talk of fighting Tyson is a little premature. I'm an addict and an alcoholic

  Michael Dokes

  Fighting, Boxing, Littles

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• Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Brother, Blessing

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.101, Penguin UK

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• Fish Ponies! I put them on the ceiling!" -Tyson

  Rick Riordan

  Ceilings, Ponies, Fishes

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• Tyson was still staring at Chiron in amazement. He whimpered like he wanted to pat Chiron's flank but was afraid to come closer. "Pony?

  Rick Riordan

  Ponies, Staring, Wanted

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Whathat!" Tyson gasped. "Those are the stables for the pegasi," I replied, "You know, winged horses?" "Whasthat!" "Um... those are the toilets.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Toilets, Knows

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• Is Tyson okay?" I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though "peanut butter" is a strange battle cry. "You let him fight?" Stop changing the subject! You realize what you are asking me to do? My palace will be destroyed. "And Olympus might be saved." Do you have any idea how long I've worked on remodeling this palace? The game room alone took six hundred years. "Dad—" Very well! It shall be as you say. But my son, pray this works. "I am praying. I'm talking to you, right?" Oh . . . yes. Good point.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Fighting, Son

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• Okay," Annabeth said. "What exactly do you smell?" "Something bad," Tyson answered. "Great," Annabeth grumbled. "That clears it up.

  Rick Riordan

  Smell, Annabeth, Said

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• I sat up in bed. "What did he say?" Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far over the edge they were in the bathroom. "The happy man said...bowling practice?" I hoped he was right, but then there was an urgent knock on the suite's interior door. Annabeth stuck her head in--her blonde hair in a rat's nest. "DISEMBOWLING practice?

  Rick Riordan

  Lying, Men, Feet

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon." "Brother!" Tyson crushed Frank in a hug. Percy stifled a laugh. "Actually he's more like a great-great-...Oh, never mind. Yeah, he's your brother." "Thanks." Frank mumbled through a mouthful of flannel.

  Rick Riordan

  Brother, Laughing, Hug

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• Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tyson pounding the Earthborn into the ground like a game of whack-a-mole. Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: "The groin. The Earthborn's groin is sensitive." SMASH! "Good. Yes. Tyson found its groin.

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Games, Advice

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• And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.

  Frank Bruno

  Vision, Mike

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• I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Thinking, People, Want

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• I can't change myself. I'm Mike Tyson. I'm a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.

  Mike Tyson

  Kids, Fighting, Boxing

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• Mike's (Tyson) punch is like an atomic bomb in that it is relative to nature. Both have no value unless you have a means of conveying it to the target. He is boxing-smart.

  Cus D'Amato

  Smart, Mean, Boxing

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• Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached.

  David Brenner

  Mike, Motor

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