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.’
MIKE TYSONA man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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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 just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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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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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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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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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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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.
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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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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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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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