You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSON
Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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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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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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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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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
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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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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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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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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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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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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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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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