Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSONThis 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?
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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.
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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.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
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You have to compete in life because if you don’t have no competition – no competition, no spirit, you know, you’ll fall under the slightest struggle.
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