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 TYSONWe all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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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 the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
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It’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.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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I fight for perfection.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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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.
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