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?
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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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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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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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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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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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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