My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
MIKE TYSONYou need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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I’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
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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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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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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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You 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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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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