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 TYSONBoxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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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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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It’s ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
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In 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.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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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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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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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.
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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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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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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