When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
MIKE TYSONI’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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My 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.
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You 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.
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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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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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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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