In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
MIKE TYSONFighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
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I fight for perfection.
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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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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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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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 no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
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Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did…That’s my biggest regret.
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We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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