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 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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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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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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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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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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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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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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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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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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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
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