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.
MIKE TYSONYou 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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 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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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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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects 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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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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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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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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 feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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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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We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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I fight for perfection.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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