I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
MIKE TYSONFighting 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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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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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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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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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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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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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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