At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSONI’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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 normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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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?
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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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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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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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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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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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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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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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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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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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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