There’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.
MIKE TYSONI’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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I fight for perfection.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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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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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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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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What 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.
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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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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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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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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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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with 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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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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