I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSONThere’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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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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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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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I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
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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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It’s good to know how to read, but it’s dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you’re reading.
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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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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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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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