I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
MIKE TYSONMy 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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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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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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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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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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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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 to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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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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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
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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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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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