You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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There’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.
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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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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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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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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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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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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.
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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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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