Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSONYes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSONI felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
MIKE TYSONEvery great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
MIKE TYSONI fight for perfection.
MIKE TYSONAt one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSONYou 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.
MIKE TYSONFighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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?
MIKE TYSONPeople relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
MIKE TYSONEverybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSONDestroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
MIKE TYSONFighters are never who they appear to be.
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.
MIKE TYSONWe all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
MIKE TYSONPeople 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 need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSON