You never lose until you actually give up.
MIKE TYSONI’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.’
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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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 addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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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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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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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There’s nothing like confidence.
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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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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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 all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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