Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
MIKE TYSONIt’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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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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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.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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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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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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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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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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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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We’re all going to have tests in our life… We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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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.
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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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