Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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.
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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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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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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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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You never lose until you actually give up.
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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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It’s good to know how to read, but it’s dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you’re reading.
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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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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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