If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
MIKE TYSONFighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
-
-
I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
MIKE TYSON -
Fighters are never who they appear to be.
MIKE TYSON -
Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
MIKE TYSON -
We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
MIKE TYSON -
You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.
MIKE TYSON -
Everybody 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.
MIKE TYSON -
My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
MIKE TYSON -
Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
MIKE TYSON -
Some people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
MIKE TYSON -
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 -
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.
MIKE TYSON -
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
MIKE TYSON -
Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSON -
As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
MIKE TYSON -
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