Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
MIKE TYSONFighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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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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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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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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In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
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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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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.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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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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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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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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