I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
MIKE TYSONSometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
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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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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
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My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
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