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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• 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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• Percy: The Heka-what? Annabeth: The Hundred-Handed Ones. They called them that because... well, they had a hundred hands. They were the elder brothers of the Cyclopes. Tyson: Very powerful. Wonderful! As tall as the sky. So strong they can break mountains! Percy: Cool. Unless you're a mountain.

  Rick Riordan

  Strong, Brother, Powerful

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• There was Tyson moving into the Poseidon cabin, giggling to himself every fifteen seconds and saying, "Percy is my brother?" like he'd just won the lottery. Aw, Tyson," I'd say. "It's not that simple.

  Rick Riordan

  Brother, Moving, Simple

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

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• Tyson thought Annabeth was just about the coolest thing since peanut butter, and he SERIOUSLY loved peanut butter.

  Rick Riordan

  Peanut Butter, Annabeth, Peanuts

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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

  Rick Riordan

  Ceilings, Ponies, Fishes

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• Boxing is not coming back. There's not going to be a new Ali or a new Tyson. What's happened to movies is happening to boxing-that is, too much availability of alternative, similar entertainment. Movies started to become diluted with the advent of television; that has been mirrored by the dilution of boxing, with kickboxing and absolute, extreme homicidal fighting.

  James Toback

  Fighting, Boxing, Advent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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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• Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leading the Cyclopes, you are appointed a general I. The armies of Olympus. You shall henceforth lead you breathren into war whenever required by the gods. And you shall have a new...um...what kind of weapon would you like? A sword? An axe?" "Stick!" Tyson said, showing his broken club. "Very well," Zeus said. "We will grant you a new, er, stick. The best stick that may be found." "Hooray!

  Rick Riordan

  War, Army, Broken

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• Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He headed outside and started calling, "Here, donuts!

  Rick Riordan

  Looks, Calling, Wilderness

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

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• My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Dad, Character, Littles

  "Mayer Hawthorne Plays the Artists Den, Los Angeles". Interview with Ruthie Abel, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2012.

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• I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I'm not getting anymore; otherwise I'll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face.

  Sean William Scott

  Tattoo, Father, Lasts

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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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• 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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• When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback ride?).

  Rick Riordan

  Giving, Saws, Grover

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• Tyson," I said "We're turning around!" Going the wrong way?" he asked. Always," I grumbled, but I steered the chariot towards the stands.

  Rick Riordan

  Way, Said, Chariots

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

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

  Frank Bruno

  Vision, Mike

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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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