By Zach Seemayer
1:40 AM PDT, June 30, 2014
Today, June 30, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson turns 49. Over the years, Tyson has crafted a strange legacy for himself as a boxer, an outspoken public figure and an actor with a complex personality all his own.
During the span of his career, he had some of the fastest and most incredible knockouts in boxing history, and said some of the most outlandish and astounding things in the world of sports. Now, he's starring in an one-man show about his troubled past and he's also written a bestselling book about his life.
In observance of the controversial boxer's birthday, here are 12 of his best, scariest and most fascinating quotes.
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Today, June 30, former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson turns 49. Over the years, Tyson has crafted a strange legacy for himself as a boxer, an outspoken public figure and an actor with a complex personality all his own.
During the span of his career, he had some of the fastest and most incredible knockouts in boxing history, and said some of the most outlandish and astounding things in the world of sports. Now, he's starring in an one-man show about his troubled past and he's also written a bestselling book about his life.
In observance of the controversial boxer's birthday, here are 12 of his best, scariest and most fascinating quotes.
During the span of his career, he had some of the fastest and most incredible knockouts in boxing history, and said some of the most outlandish and astounding things in the world of sports. Now, he's starring in an one-man show about his troubled past and he's also written a bestselling book about his life.
In observance of the controversial boxer's birthday, here are 12 of his best, scariest and most fascinating quotes.
On Dreaming
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"I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds."
On Intimidation
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"I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them."
On Planning
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"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
On Perseverance
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"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."
On His Own Power
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"My power is discombobulatingly devastating. I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm."
On Friendship
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"A man that's a friend of everyone is an enemy to himself."
On Respect
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"That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up."
On Freedom
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"Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent."
On His Personality
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"I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either."
On the Evander Holyfield Incident
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"I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off."
On His Place In the World
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"I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society."
On Schadenfreude
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"When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it."