At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSONIn 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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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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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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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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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did…That’s my biggest regret.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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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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We’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.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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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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.’
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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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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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