The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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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I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
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I fight for perfection.
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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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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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 biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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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.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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