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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• Tyson [Chandler] encouraged me and was like, if that's what you want to wear, wear that.

  Iman Shumpert

  Want, What You Want, Ifs

  Source: wwd.com

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• I asked Tyson Chandler who has to customize everything because he's 7-foot-1. He's said, always call a designer. You want to wear certain stuff but people don't make it.

  Iman Shumpert

  Feet, People, Want

  Source: wwd.com

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• I'm fascinated by politics. I love watching everyone from Neil deGrasse Tyson to Lawrence Krauss to people like Richard Dawkins and Noam Chomsky on YouTube.

  Michael Buble

  People, Youtube, Fascinated

  "Michael Bublé leaves his comfort zone". Interview with Elio Iannacci, www.macleans.ca. October 6, 2016.

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• Mike Tyson fit the American ideal of a boxer. A fighter who jumps out of his corner and hits out fiercely. That’s what he’'ll be remembered for. But good boxing doesn’t work like that. Tyson never won on points. It was clear that he’'d come a cropper some day.

  Lennox Lewis

  Boxing, Fighter, Fit

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• God bless him, I mean a lot of times you get non-actors on a set and they get really self-conscious, especially when doing something crazy like singing along with Phil Collins. They get sort of reserved and self-conscious. Mike [Tyson] completely trusted Todd [Phillips] and totally put everything into it.

  Ed Helms

  Crazy, Mean, Self

  Source: movies.about.com

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• Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

  Larry Holmes

  Sparring Partner, Fighter, Muhammad

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• Mike Tyson’s a great boxer. The greatest boxer - but boxer. Not the best fighter.

  Royce Gracie

  Boxers, Fighter, Mike

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• Boxing is the best job in the world to let off steam, and people are in trouble when Tyson wants to let off steam

  Michael Spinks

  Jobs, Best Job, People

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• People only call me 'Fiery' because it rhymes with Fred, just like 'Typhoon' rhymes with Tyson

  Fred Trueman

  People, Typhoons, Rhyme

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• Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up out of obscurity, makes millionaires of them and watches them self-destruct?

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Sports, Athlete, Self

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• Mike Tyson, what can I say about you that hasn’t already been the title of a Richard Pryor album?

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Titles, Albums, Mike

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• I know the game, it's old and lame:
  You're holdin' a flame for my name and my fame.
  Livin' like Givens schemin' on Tyson,
  But she got lucky 'cause he was a nice one.
  But I ain't nice and I don't play that,
  If it ain't tax, I don't pay that.

  Kool Moe Dee

  Nice, Rap, Flames

  Song: They Want Money

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• March 16th, Mike Tyson [vs.] Razor Ruddock, Razor Ruddock dies. If he doesn't die, it doesn't count. If he's not dead, it doesn't count.

  Mike Tyson

  Razors, March, Dies

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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 to what other people think. Michael and Tyson are two different people. I’m Tyson here.

  Mike Tyson

  Motivation, Fear, Thinking

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• Mike Tyson has been given ever penny he has coming.

  Don King

  Boxing, Pennies, Given

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• Earnie hit me harder than any other fighter, including Mike Tyson. He hit me and I was face down on the canvas hearing saxophonist Jimmy Tillis.

  Larry Holmes

  Hearing, Faces, Fighter

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• [Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"

  Iman Shumpert

  People, Doe, Feels

  Source: wwd.com

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• A successful day for me is when I teach people something. They become enlightened by an idea and learn how to think about it, so that later on when someone says, "Tell me about x, y, z," they don't have to say, "I know this because Tyson told me." No, they'll say, "Here's why it's true because I know and understand it."

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Successful, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Mike Tyson has been accused of being a homosexual. What change do I have, you know? Everyone's in the same boat? Who could possibly care or believe anything after hearing that, really?

  George Michael

  Believe, Care, Hearing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There is still boxing, but there's just no money in it anymore. If you went around the world and asked a bunch of people under 20 years old, to name a boxer, I bet they couldn't name one. They'd be able to name a UFC fighter though. When I was younger there was Mike Tyson and we watched everything. I'm not saying its gone, or its going to go, and it could easily be ignited by another fighter, but it's just that idea that UFC is more violent, that desire for more spectacle, has captured people's attention.

  Hugh Jackman

  People, Boxing, Desire

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I do not care who I fight. Line them up. I will let the fans pick. That is the way to do it because I am a fans' fighter. I want to fight the people they want me to fight. I will fight Tyson, Lewis, Tua, Rahman, whoever. I am a real fighter. You do not see too many real fighters out there today. You have these patsy papier - mâché champions.

  James Toney

  Real, Fighting, People

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Mike Tyson has to be one of my greatest all time fighters. Muhammad Ali. I like going back looking at the classics like Roberto Duran. I like the old time fighters, when you had a champion in the old days you really had a true champion. Muhammad Ali would take on anybody. You had the greats fighting everybody.

  Keith Thurman

  Fighting, Champion, Fighter

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• A fight with Mike Tyson or Riddick Bowe always sells, because those people came to win. When you come to win, people will see a good show. When you come to survive, it can become boring.

  Evander Holyfield

  Fighting, Winning, People

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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