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.
MIKE TYSONYou 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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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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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’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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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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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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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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There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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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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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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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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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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