Mike Tyson
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Because they bullied me all the time. Everybody picked on me. Why do you think they picked on you? I don't know because I had nobody to protect me. I had no... There's some people in the neighborhood that got very intimidating families. They may have 20 kids in the family. You're not going to mess with those kids. And they're very aggressive. Yeah, yeah. Cousins and their brothers and everything.
They're very aggressive. So we don't bother those guys. Yeah. Because they got a family to get behind you.
They're very aggressive. So we don't bother those guys. Yeah. Because they got a family to get behind you.
The fact is, as we talk, really look at this, as we talk, Evan, when you think about it, it's these few questions. Check it out. Who are you? Yeah. No one knows when you're 12. Yeah. Where have you came from? Yeah. What is your purpose? Why are you breathing? Why do you look the way you do? Who's the first you? You have to make your existence.
The fact is, as we talk, really look at this, as we talk, Evan, when you think about it, it's these few questions. Check it out. Who are you? Yeah. No one knows when you're 12. Yeah. Where have you came from? Yeah. What is your purpose? Why are you breathing? Why do you look the way you do? Who's the first you? You have to make your existence.
The first one, probably a million years ago, 10 million years ago, who is he? What did he look like? Was he black? Was he Asian? Crazy, right? You don't even know who the first us was. Why do you think you're here, Mike? Excuse me? Why do you think you're here? Why do I think I'm here? To understand the world before I die. To be lucky to understand and be conscious of it before I die.
The first one, probably a million years ago, 10 million years ago, who is he? What did he look like? Was he black? Was he Asian? Crazy, right? You don't even know who the first us was. Why do you think you're here, Mike? Excuse me? Why do you think you're here? Why do I think I'm here? To understand the world before I die. To be lucky to understand and be conscious of it before I die.
I always think about the world now that I'm one with everything. That we're involved with everything. I'm involved with it. I'm involved with the bugs, I'm involved with the ants, the butterflies, the cats, the dogs, I'm one with everything, the clouds, the sewage, everything, the cars, smoke, everything, I'm one with it all.
I always think about the world now that I'm one with everything. That we're involved with everything. I'm involved with it. I'm involved with the bugs, I'm involved with the ants, the butterflies, the cats, the dogs, I'm one with everything, the clouds, the sewage, everything, the cars, smoke, everything, I'm one with it all.
I had no viewpoint. Only thing I knew was... These guys were great champions and I wanted to be like them. Yeah.
I had no viewpoint. Only thing I knew was... These guys were great champions and I wanted to be like them. Yeah.
Dick Buckets, all those guys had to deal with that.
Dick Buckets, all those guys had to deal with that.
Imagine being so immortal on the football field and now that stops. Stops. And then you live in the past constantly. You can't help it. How could you not help it? Tell me that, especially in the 50s and stuff, when people wasn't elevated on, after we done with this, if we haven't saved up, we're screwed. If we didn't save up after this career, we're in the gutter again.
Imagine being so immortal on the football field and now that stops. Stops. And then you live in the past constantly. You can't help it. How could you not help it? Tell me that, especially in the 50s and stuff, when people wasn't elevated on, after we done with this, if we haven't saved up, we're screwed. If we didn't save up after this career, we're in the gutter again.
I don't care, black, white, Chinese, unless somebody's such a big fan, they have rich guys, I loved them when I played, and they gave you a job. That's what happened to a lot of those guys. They became salesmen for the big corporations because guys loved them when they were playing. But then the glory was over, though, you know?
I don't care, black, white, Chinese, unless somebody's such a big fan, they have rich guys, I loved them when I played, and they gave you a job. That's what happened to a lot of those guys. They became salesmen for the big corporations because guys loved them when they were playing. But then the glory was over, though, you know?
No, I had everything, and next thing you know, I'm $60 million in debt. Now you owe everything. Could you imagine, dude? You owe everything now. How'd you get out of that? Hmm. This is interesting. Listen, right? For some reason, they thought I was trying to get a deal to get out of this bankruptcy. They thought I was going to still fight. I had no intention to fight.
No, I had everything, and next thing you know, I'm $60 million in debt. Now you owe everything. Could you imagine, dude? You owe everything now. How'd you get out of that? Hmm. This is interesting. Listen, right? For some reason, they thought I was trying to get a deal to get out of this bankruptcy. They thought I was going to still fight. I had no intention to fight.
They said, nah, you're going to fight. You're going to get out of this deal, and then you're going to fight for a whole bunch of money. You're a fucking sucker. So they kept thinking I was going to fight. They wouldn't give me deals. And so I just kept paying a little bit at a time, make some money, I kept paying them.