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.
MIKE TYSONYes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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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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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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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You have to compete in life because if you don’t have no competition – no competition, no spirit, you know, you’ll fall under the slightest struggle.
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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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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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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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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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You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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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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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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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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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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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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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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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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