Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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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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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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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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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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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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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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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These books ain’t window dressing. I think Machiavelli’s the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin’ ass.
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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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What 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.
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My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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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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I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’
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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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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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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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There’s nothing like confidence.
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