"Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you."
"I don't have to be that gentleman ["baddest man on the planet"] anymore. Now I have to be "this" guy. And in order to be "this" guy, I have to be smiling, I have to be gregarious, I have to be entertaining, and I have to be friendly. This is what my career needs now. I've adapted. But 20 years from now, I may need a different persona."
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Source: An Earful From Mike Tyson. Interview with Steve Springer, articles.latimes.com. October 03, 1999.
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