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.
MIKE TYSONYou never lose until you actually give up.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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Sometimes 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.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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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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