I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
MIKE TYSONA man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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 fight for perfection.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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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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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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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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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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I don’t react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don’t care about anything. It’s just too hard for me to get emotional. I can’t cry no more.
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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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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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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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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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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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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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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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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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