"I like doing other things. I like getting high, hanging out with my kids. I like drinking. I have so many demons."
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"I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money."
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"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."
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"I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful."
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"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."
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"I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?"
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"Everybody has a gameplan until he gets hit"
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"It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach a certain status and I'm in there for greatness and peace of mind."
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"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."
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"I'm not a good-looking guy. I don't care if my nose gets mashed."
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"For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship."
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"I still can’t believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I first met Ali in 1976. I was locked up in a juvenile home and he came to visit. I’ve never forgotten it."
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"Friendth, Romanth, countrymen, lend me your earsth."
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"Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance."
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"I've lived places these guys can't defecate in."
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"Every punch I threw with bad intentions to a vital area...I aimed for his ear...I wanted to bust his eardrum...Every punch had bad intentions...My record will last for immortality, It'll never be broken...I want to live forever...I refuse to lose...I would have to be carried out dead to lose...I was coming to destroy and win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, which I done."
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"I hate to cry and I hate to sound like sour grapes, but no one ever listens to me. No one ever hears what I have to say."
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"I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get you."
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"I live for the moment to hit people."
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"If he's not dead, it doesn't count."
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