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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.

Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend's gonna have to prove they're your friend, and you're gonna have to prove you're their friend.

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.

Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend.

You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend.

Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

I live for the moment to hit people.

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.

[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything

I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.

They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse.

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.

Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use. If not, you'll get burned.

We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.

Being a champion opens lots of doors - I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.

When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

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.

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.

Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we're going to get out of it.

I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.

When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.

Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

Man is not meant to be humble, he's meant to be humbled.

I'm the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.

I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.

I'll go back and take what the people owe me.

Friendth, Romanth, countrymen, lend me your earsth.

A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.

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.

I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money

Don't be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage

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.

The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.

All praise is to Allah, I'll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I'd fight him too.

Anything that helps pay the bills, I love it. Anything that makes people happy, I'm happy with that.

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.

I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.

I don't want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, I'd rather be forgotten by everybody else.

I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.

My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.

I'm not afraid to be a jerk or anything and laugh at myself anymore.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

What I've done in the past is history and what I'm gonna do in the future is a mystery

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.

Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they've gotten their ass kicked before.

I can deal with adversity.

I'm many things: I'm a convicted rapist, I'm a hell-raiser, I'm a father, a loving father. I'm a semi-good husband ... I'm pretty much a tyrant-titan.

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

I'm not a good-looking guy. I don't care if my nose gets mashed.

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.

There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.

Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

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 may have smoked too much weed, but I wasn't taking drugs or anything.

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.

I just want to be humble at all times.

It's nothing personal, but I'm going to kill this guy

Fighting is a sport if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

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.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

Every 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.

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

The U.S. prostitutes are fighting with everybody, shooting at everybody. It's like dating a gangbanger.

I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.

Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show.

I'm a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan.

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush.

That's all they said was wrong with me?

I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.

There's nothing like confidence.

Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.

I'am not predictor of fights, but I know when I hit 'em good, the fight is close to an end

For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.

God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.

For this fight my blood, my soul, everything was on the line.

People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?

Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit

You never lose until you actually give up.

I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.

I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?

This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. He butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me.

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.