People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
MIKE TYSONWhat 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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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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There’s nothing like confidence.
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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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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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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