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 TYSONI normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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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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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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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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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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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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I fight for perfection.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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