I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
MIKE TYSONPeople 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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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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I fight for perfection.
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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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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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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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.
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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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