Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSONPeople love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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It’s unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you’ve got to go and try to dismantle this guy.
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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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You have to compete in life because if you don’t have no competition – no competition, no spirit, you know, you’ll fall under the slightest struggle.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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Some people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
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