Tyson Quotes

• Tyson is a lot better than I thought, a lot better. People can talk about Spinks all they want... Tyson is the true champion.

  Larry Holmes

  People, Champion, Want

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• I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them.

  Evander Holyfield

  Mother, Strong, Nice

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• I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.

  Lennox Lewis

  Character, Boxing, Cartoon

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• I haven't seen someone so overmatched since Mike Tyson tried to recite the alphabet.

  Dennis Miller

  Football, Alphabet, Mike

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• Bad Cyclops Lady!" he bellowed. "General Tyson says GO AWAY!

  Rick Riordan

  Going Away, Cyclops

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• I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would mobilize into a 'Save Pluto' campaign. I now have a drawer full of hate letters from hundreds of elementary schoolchildren (with supportive cover letters from their science teachers) pleading with me to reverse my stance on Pluto. The file includes a photograph of the entire third grade of a school posing on their front steps and holding up a banner proclaiming, 'Dr. Tyson - Pluto is a Planet!'

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Teacher, Hate, School

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

  Rick Riordan

  Ceilings, Ponies, Fishes

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

  David Brenner

  Mike, Motor

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

  Frank Bruno

  Vision, Mike

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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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• 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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• Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

  Don King

  Athlete, Mets, Mike

  "Only in America!: An Interview with Don King". Interview with Greg Hanlon, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2009.

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• I know that [Mike] Tyson talked about wanting to eat his opponent's children, but I don't think he ever had the balls to do it. I'm different - when I kidnapped Bill Lawrence's daughter, I cut off all of her fingers before sending my demands so that I wouldn't have to sit there and wait for him to ignore them. We worked things about about nine hours in, which is good because I ate her thumb as a midnight snack.

  Zach Braff

  Daughter, Children, Cutting

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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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• 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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• I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

  Mark McGrath

  Mean, Boxers, Arena

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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