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 TYSONI try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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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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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.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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There’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.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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There’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.
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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 succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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