Frasi di Mike Tyson

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“Fuori dal ring tutto è così noioso.”

“Abituati alla paura, e sarai sempre all'erta, come un cervo che attraversa la radura.”

“Cerco di colpire la punta del naso del mio avversario perché cerco di ficcargli l'osso nel cervello.”

“Chiedo il funerale più povero del mondo. Nessun abito bello, nemmeno la bara voglio, buttatemi nella polvere. Ma sono sicuro che i pugili del futuro verranno a trovarmi, così come io sono andato sulle tombe dei grandi del passato.”

“Forse io sono un uomo di Neanderthal, ma io ho sempre voluto uccidere il mio avversario. La boxe oggi è differente. Si tratta di uomini d'affari e io sono un assassino nato, e voglio vincere e farlo in maniera drammatica e creare ferite agli avversari. Non è che mi piace fare del male alle persone, è solo che io sono bravo in questo.”

“Adesso non sono più in vetta della mia carriera, non guadagno neanche un decimo rispetto a prima, ho un cartone animato, spettacoli teatrali, non avrei mai potuto realizzare tutto questo quando combattevo. Non sarei mai andato d'accordo con il produttore, sarei stato arrogante. Invecchiando si impara l'umiltà. Si impara che se non si nasce umili è la vita che ti forza ad esserlo.”

“L'esperienza criminale è indispensabile in questa nostra vita di merda.”

“La vita non è un gioco. È sopravvivenza.”

“Mi sento come se stessi uccidendo la mia vita.”

“Voglio vivere la mia vita sobria. Non voglio morire. Sono sul punto di morire, perché sono un alcolista.”

“È il posto più bello del mondo, il ring. Sai quello che ti può capitare.”

“Sono il più giovane campione del mondo; sarò anche il più vecchio.”

“Ricordo che un giorno io e Cus stavamo discutendo di un incontro, in modo piuttosto derogatorio, ero un giovane di appena 14 o 16 anni e gli dissi che quel pugile non meritava tanti soldi. Cus replicò dicendo: Hey, una volta che si sale su ring si merita fino all'ultimo centesimo. Quando si combatte c'è una clausola non scritta, ma che tutti conosciamo, ovvero che si può morire durante un allenamento o un combattimento. La ricompensa deve valere il rischio.”

“Ero piuttosto egocentrico, egoista e pigro. Ma da Cus D'Amato ho preso queste caratteristiche, lo spirito del sacrificio, l'abbandonare le cose che prima ritenevi importanti per una causa che lo è ancora di più. Disciplina vuol dire fare cose che odi, e farle facendo finta che ti piacciano.”

“Tutti hanno dei piani fino a quando non vengono colpiti. (Ottobre 1987)”

“Magic Johnson venne a testimoniare per me quando si trattò di ridarmi la licenza dopo il morso a Holyfield, ma le sue parole non mi piacquero per niente. Disse che voleva insegnarmi a diventare un uomo d'affari, che conoscevo i soldi, ma non li capivo, e li davo via. Che c'è da capire sui soldi? O li hai o non li hai.”

“Prima ero qualcosa. Ora mi basta essere qualcuno. Per me e la mia famiglia.”

“Un buon pugno fa strillare un avversario come una donna.”

“Negli ultimi sei giorni non ho bevuto o preso droghe e per me questo è un miracolo.”

“In a 1988 Sports Illustrated interview: "Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent. Do you know what I do sometimes? Put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters."”

“In 2005: "Most of my fans are too sensitive. I’m a cruel and cold and hard person. I’ve been abused in every way you can imagine. Save your tears. I lost my sensitivity. You embarrass me when you cry."”

“To a question on whether he feels support from the common fan: "I don't feel love from them because there's no love. They don't know me as an individual; they know me for what I actually do. Because they pay to see me smash anybody. If they're white they pay, [it's] because the only thing they have respect for is my ability as an athlete. But if I was in court and I had to use them to testify against me on my character, they wouldn't testify positively against me and they would think I'm a cad…"”

“This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole life's reputation was built on being extremely violent. I just don't know how to deal with that right now. I don't even go to strip clubs no more. I don't know who I am sometimes, but I am not the guy I used to be. I'm not an angel or anything. I'm still lascivious, periodically. I'm just looking for some balance in my life.”

“[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.”

“My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure.”

“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.”

“I'm not used to sensitivity any more. When I see people cry when I lose, save your tears. I don't know how to handle people crying any more. I lost my sensitivity like that. Please, you embarrass me when you cry because I don't know what to do when you cry. I don't know what to say.”

“My life has been a total waste.”

“I do what I want to do.”

“I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.”

“I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!”

“2005: “I just don’t have the guts for it anymore. I don’t want to disgrace the sport. This is a great sport. It can take men from humble beginnings and have them rub shoulders with royalty.””

“I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.”

“After his final fight: "I felt like I was 120 years old. I feel like Rip Van Winkle right now."”

“I don't have the stomach for this anymore. I don't have anything to fight for anymore.”

“You're smart too late and old too soon.”

“From the London Times: "Tyson repeated his desire to do missionary work and said he had spoken to a Christian charity about aid work in Bosnia or Rwanda, 'somewhere where people are in dire need.'"”

“One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.”

“The spirit makes you a great fighter not drugs or anything … the smartest fighter, the fighter that's more determined, the fighter that's dedicated, the fighter that wants it the most.. you have to have the desire to hurt him [to be the best fighter].”

“It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters, but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.”

“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.”

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

“I don't do anything. My life sucks.”

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

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

“I lost my soul as a human being. I lost my self-respect. I'm not a lovable guy, so it's really not hard for people to dislike me.”

“There's no one perfect. … Jimmy Swaggart is a lascivious creature, Mike Tyson is lascivious - but we're not criminally, at least I'm not, criminally lascivious. You know what I mean. I may like to fornicate more than other people - it's just who I am. I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid? I mean, I been robbed of my most of my money, can I at least get a blowjob without the people wanting to harass me and wanting to throw me in jail?”