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.
MIKE TYSONIn 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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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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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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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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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 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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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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