Some people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
MIKE TYSONYou need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate 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’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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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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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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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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There’s nothing like confidence.
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I fight for perfection.
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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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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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