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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.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
Mike TysonMike Tyson Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
Mike TysonMike Tyson 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.
Mike TysonMike Tyson Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
Mike TysonMike Tyson You never lose until you actually give up.
Mike TysonMike Tyson Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
Mike TysonMike Tyson 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.
Mike TysonMike Tyson Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
Mike TysonMike Tyson This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
Mike TysonMike Tyson In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
Mike TysonMike Tyson 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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