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.
MIKE TYSONEverybody 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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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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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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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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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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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.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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It’s unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you’ve got to go and try to dismantle this guy.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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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.’
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