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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.

Mike Tyson

Fighters are never who they appear to be.
MIKE TYSON

Appearance Fight
At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSON

Acquire Life Lose Myself Old Point
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.
MIKE TYSON

Change Fight Myself Positive Regular Strive
I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
MIKE TYSON

Best Change Mistake Myself People Respect Try
Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
MIKE TYSON

Karma Treat World Yourself
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
MIKE TYSON

Books Literature People Prison Reading
I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
MIKE TYSON

Handle Let Go Ring Time Yourself
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.
MIKE TYSON

Drugs Goal Hurt Kind Mercy Myself Object Wild
You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSON

Art Artist Ground Perfection Performance Stand Yourself
I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
MIKE TYSON

Addiction Chaos Life Myself Perfection
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.
MIKE TYSON

Different Himself Love Man
I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
MIKE TYSON

Death Kill Myself Right Talk
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.
MIKE TYSON

Goodness Important Notice People Treat
Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON

Fight Oneself Planning
Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSON

Leaving Old Smart Time Yourself
God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
MIKE TYSON

God Learning Level Oneself Process Reason
We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
MIKE TYSON

Control Feeling Ourselves
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.
MIKE TYSON

Insult Myself People Poor Sympathy
The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
MIKE TYSON

Character Deal Drugs Myself Pathetic Sympathy
Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
MIKE TYSON

Break Up Disappoint Investment Myself People Time
You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
MIKE TYSON

Enemy Friendship Self Love Yourself
Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
MIKE TYSON

Fight Humble People World
I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
MIKE TYSON

Fear Feeling Fight Myself
I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
MIKE TYSON

Interview Myself Woman
My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
MIKE TYSON

Myself Person Weakness
I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
MIKE TYSON

Bad Fight Goodness Myself Pay
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.
MIKE TYSON

Fast Late Myself People Speed

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