Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
MIKE TYSONIn 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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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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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
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I fight for perfection.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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It’s good to know how to read, but it’s dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you’re reading.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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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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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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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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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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