Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
MIKE TYSONFighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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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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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
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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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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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