I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.
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Mike Tyson
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About Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer, who competed between 1985 and 2024, and a cannabis entrepreneur. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one of the most intimidating men in boxing history. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Mike TysonEvery time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
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I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.
I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.
I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.
When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
I love to hit people. I love to.
I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.
If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.
God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.