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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More Mike Tyson Quotes
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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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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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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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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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
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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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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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