People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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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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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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