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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.

Mike Tyson

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.
MIKE TYSON

Big Friendship Weakness Yourself
Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSON

Enemy Fight Friendship Help Yourself
Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON

Fight Oneself Planning
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSON

Build Independence Learning Need Yourself
The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
MIKE TYSON

Oneself Respect True
We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
MIKE TYSON

Darkness Energy Ourselves Test
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.
MIKE TYSON

Achievement Fake Myself Order Regard
If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
MIKE TYSON

Humble Visit Yourself
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.
MIKE TYSON

Gratitude Instant Myself Nature
As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
MIKE TYSON

Endurance Inspirational Motivational Perseverance
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.
MIKE TYSON

Himself Night Remember Slow Time
What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
MIKE TYSON

Future History Myself Mystery Past
I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
MIKE TYSON

Brutal Conqueror Myself
I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
MIKE TYSON

Interview Myself Woman
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.
MIKE TYSON

Dangerous Goodness Reading Yourself
As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
MIKE TYSON

Freedom Human Leaving Suffering World
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.
MIKE TYSON

Bad Hurt Man Reality Sports Thinking Tough
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.
MIKE TYSON

Accomplishment Dress Manipulation Time Way Window
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.
MIKE TYSON

Drugs Goal Hurt Kind Mercy Myself Object Wild
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.
MIKE TYSON

Darkness Energy Life Ourselves Preparation Test
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 TYSON

Handle Let Go Ring Time Yourself
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.
MIKE TYSON

Competition Rival Spirit Struggle Yourself
Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
MIKE TYSON

Ego Man Myself Planet Thinking
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.
MIKE TYSON

Darkness Early Morning Myself Reason Run Wake Up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
MIKE TYSON

Books Literature People Prison Reading
Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
MIKE TYSON

Change Fight Humble Sports Transformation Yourself
The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
MIKE TYSON

Big Drugs Greatness World

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