People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
MIKE TYSONIt’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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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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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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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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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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