Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
MIKE TYSONWhat was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to “upgrade my mind.” That’s just what I wanted to do my whole life.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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.
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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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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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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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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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