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.
MIKE TYSONFighters are never who they appear to be.
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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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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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There’s nothing like confidence.
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You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
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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 mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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Some people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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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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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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