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 TYSONNo 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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My 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.
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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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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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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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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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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