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.
MIKE TYSONWhen 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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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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It’s good to know how to read, but it’s dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you’re reading.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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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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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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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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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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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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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