Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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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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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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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 fight for perfection.
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