The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
MIKE TYSONMy 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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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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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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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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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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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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 can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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 don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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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.
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
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Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did…That’s my biggest regret.
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