I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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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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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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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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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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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You never lose until you actually give up.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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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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Fighters are never who they appear to be.
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