You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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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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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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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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 a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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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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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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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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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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I fight for perfection.
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There’s nothing like confidence.
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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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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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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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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 drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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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 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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Not to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
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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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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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