I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSONThe drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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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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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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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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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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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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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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’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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
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I fight for perfection.
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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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We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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We’re all going to have tests in our life… We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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There’s nothing like confidence.
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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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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
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