In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
MIKE TYSONEverybody 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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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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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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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’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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 felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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