I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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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Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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I fight for perfection.
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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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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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