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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.

Mike Tyson

A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
MIKE TYSON

Enemy Friendship Himself Man
You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSON

Art Artist Ground Perfection Performance Stand Yourself
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.
MIKE TYSON

Insult Myself People Poor Sympathy
Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
MIKE TYSON

Ego Man Myself Planet Thinking
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.
MIKE TYSON

Goodness Important Notice People Treat
I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
MIKE TYSON

Handle Let Go Ring Time Yourself
The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
MIKE TYSON

Big Drugs Greatness World
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.
MIKE TYSON

Dangerous Goodness Reading Yourself
Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
MIKE TYSON

Apply Confidence Genius Properly Success
The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
MIKE TYSON

Character Deal Drugs Myself Pathetic Sympathy
In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
MIKE TYSON

Big Friendship Weakness Yourself
No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.
MIKE TYSON

Darkness Early Morning Myself Reason Run Wake Up
At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSON

Acquire Life Lose Myself Old Point
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 TYSON

Accomplishment Dress Manipulation Time Way Window
When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
MIKE TYSON

Crazy God Greedy Himself Human Man Return
Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
MIKE TYSON

Care God Help Job Money Quit Thinking Yourself

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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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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