I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
MIKE TYSONI’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
MIKE TYSONFighters are never who they appear to be.
MIKE TYSONMy 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 TYSONWhat 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.
MIKE TYSONThere’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
MIKE TYSONI’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
MIKE TYSONA man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
MIKE TYSONWe’re all going to have tests in our life… We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
MIKE TYSONThere’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
MIKE TYSONPeople love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
MIKE TYSONYou never lose until you actually give up.
MIKE TYSONSometimes 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.
MIKE TYSONAs long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
MIKE TYSONBoxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
MIKE TYSONYes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
MIKE TYSONIt’s unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you’ve got to go and try to dismantle this guy.
MIKE TYSON