Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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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 don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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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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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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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
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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 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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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 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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There’s nothing like confidence.
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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 fight for perfection.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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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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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.
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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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My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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