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.
MIKE TYSONThere’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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 felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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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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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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 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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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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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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