What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to “upgrade my mind.” That’s just what I wanted to do my whole life.
MIKE TYSONYou stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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I try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
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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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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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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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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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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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