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 TYSONYou never lose until you actually give up.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
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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.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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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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