"Being in the ring became my reality,..." - Quote by Mike Tyson
Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.
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“Discipline makes hard men. Every hard man is capable of being a killer. But every killer is not capable of being a hard man. They can't endure that much. It's all about the endurance. That's why they become killers. Because they can't endure the pain. They need to kill the pain to stop it.”
“Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.”
“My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?”
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“That's okay, I'm still the Greatest.”
“Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”
“I'm a novelist at heart. How's that? And that's how I make my living, is I write novels.”