"The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves."
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"We're all going to have tests in our life... We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors."
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"I'm going to gut you like a fish."
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"I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away."
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"You can't be everybody's friend, you can't save the world, I learned this word: self-preservation. Once you do that, you can be friends with people, but how would you be a friend to anybody if you're not a friend to yourself."
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"I'm a historian, and that freaks me out."
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"These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin' ass."
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"My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody's anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I'm going to give them, I know when I'm going to give it to them, I know when they want it."
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"I know at times I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot, but I like that person."
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"I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad"
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"[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."
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"I love to hit people. I love to."
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"I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts."
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"I like entertaining people. I like being on stage. I like being in the life. This is what I do. This is the only thing I know how to do besides rob people and fight. Even when I was robbing people, I was entertaining them. But that's just what I love doing."
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"At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see."
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"I just want to conquer people and their souls."
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"I just want to be humble at all times."
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"Everybody's got plans... until they get hit."
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"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."
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"Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent."
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