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.
MIKE TYSONMy objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make 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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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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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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There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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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